The season’s first big clay test gets underway at the Monte Carlo Open Tennis Masters on April 19. Rafael Nadal will be out to defend his 2007 title against a host of the game’s best including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and the surging Nikolay Davydeko.
Will the talented French, led by Richard Gasquet, make Monte Carlo locals proud, and will any Americans actually show up? Find out as we go red for the spring.
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A look back at 2007: World No. 1 Roger Federer hasn't won a claycourt title since 2005, and if Rafael Nadal has his say, the Swiss will go winless again in 2007. Nadal was his bullish self and Federer appeared mentally shaken Sunday in the final of the Masters Series Monte Carlo, where in a repeat of last year's championship, the relentless muscle-bound Spaniard ground his way to a 6-4, 6-4 victory.