Reigning champion Rafael Nadal into seventh Madrid Open final

03:53 - 09 May 2015

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A straight-sets win against Tomas Berdych earned Rafael Nadal the right to play for his fifth Madrid Open title.

Rafael Nadal booked his place in a seventh Madrid Open final with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 victory over Tomas Berdych on Saturday.

The world number four - a four-time champion at his home tournament - saw two break-point openings slip away before eventually edging the first set in the tie-break.

The Spaniard faced no such trouble in the second set, however.

After sharing the opening two games, Nadal won the remaining five, serving to love to seal the win and his place in the final.

The result goes some way to making up for Nadal's defeat to Berdych in the Australian Open quarter-finals, which ended a 17-match winning run for Nadal against his Czech opponent.