Perhaps the only experience scarier than defending against Rafael Nadal on clay is when the King of Clay himself is defending.
Watch Nadal deliver a clay-court tutorial in turning defense into offense in Barcelona today.
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The top seed correctly anticipates the direction of Marcel Granollers' smash, runs to the spot and snaps off this forehand drive down the line to break back.
Granollers opened the match with a break, but Nadal reeled off 12 of the last 16 games to roar into a meeting with compatriot Albert Montanes next.
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