Nadal on course for eighth Barcelona title

11:37, 28 April 2013

LONDON. April 28. KAZINFORM Rafael Nadal is closing in on an eighth trophy in nine years at the Barcelona Open after storming past Canada's Milos Raonic 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal on Saturday.

After a four-hour delay for rain, the Spaniard was soon behind as the No.5 seed won an early break, Kazinform has learnt from CNN.

But Nadal fought back in typically ferocious fashion to take the first set and then overrun Raonic in the second to reach his seventh consecutive final since returning to the ATPTour in February following a knee injury.

"I think it was my best match of the whole week," Nadal said, ATPWorldTour.com reported.

"He played a fantastic second game on the return. I won the third game, which was very important for the match, because if you are 3-love down against a big server like Milos, you're in big trouble."

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