SPANISH SPORTS | TENNIS RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS 5TH FRENCH OPEN | SPANISH RIDERS HIGH IN MOTO GP

Great & outstanding weekend for SPANISH SPORTS in two areas were Spanish Sportsman are traditionally strong: Clay-court Tennis & Motogp racing.

Spanish Tennis ace & World Nº1 , as of tomorrow, RAFAEL NADAL won his 5th FRENCH OPEN after defeating 6-4 6-2 6-4 Swede Robin Soderling. The Spaniard regains all the lost ground after suffrering a terrible year with injuries that showed by his tears of joy straight after winning the Final. The Tennis Champ commented the media after the game that this was his most emotional victory.

Rafael Nadal has won all the "clay-court" tournaments this season which apart from being extraordinary to say the least, confirms him as the "Best Tennis Player" on the surface. He now travels to London & changes surface for grass as he prepares for the Wimbledon tournament with his new Nº1 World Tennis ranking.


In MOTO GP celebrated in Italy today Spanish riders again had a fabulous day with wins & excellent positions in all catagories. The absence of Italian Champion Valentino Rossi was dearly felt & the track felt a loss of presence that from here we wish him a speedy & tranquil recovery.

In the MotoGP catagory Spanish rider DANI PEDROSA won from the start with Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo second followed by Italian Dovizioso third. JORGE LORENZO maintains his top spot in the classification & is favourite to take the World title this season although today was not his day & Pedrosa put himself up as a potential candidate.

The current MotoGp World Championship table stands as follows:
1. J.Lorenzo 90pts; 2. D.Pedrosa 65pts; 3. Rossi 61pts

In MOTO2 Italian IANNONE broke the Spanish dominance with a grand race that had Spaniard GADEA second & CORSI third. Spaniard TONI ELIAS who had a bad race still maintains himself Nº1 in the current World Moto2 standing with 75 pts with a healthy gap over second placed Japanese rider Tomizawa.

In the 125cc catagory Spanish riders dominanted taking the all 3 Top positions : MARQUEZ, TEROL & ESPARAGO. This follows basically the trend in the current World championship table also dominanted by Spanish riders with 1. Terol 85pts; 2.Esparagó 79pts; 3. Marquez 57pts.

Next race : British GP

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