Nadal wins Monte Carlo title

It's clay court season, and as is the custom this time of year, Rafa Nadal is unstoppable. He stormed his way through the draw (which was not as strong as it could have been, missing a couple big names in Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro) and advanced to the final against Fernando Verdasco. The match was played this morning, and since I don't get the Tennis Channel, I was unable to watch. I had to settle for a live scoreboard, but evidently I didn't miss much. It was all Nadal. He handed Verdasco a bagel in the first set before finally dropping one game in the second for a 6-0, 6-1 victory. A very encouraging result for Nadal, who had battled injuries last summer and still did not appear to be 100% at the last major, the Australian Open. Of course, clay is his best surface, and right now it's looking like Nadal will be the heavy favorite to win the French Open, which would be his fifth title in the past six years there.