MONACO (AP) a Eight-time defending champion Rafael Nadal documented his 46th consecutive win at the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 (3) Saturday to setup a of last year's closing against top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Straight finals have been reached five by the Spaniard since returning from a seven-month layoff adhering to a left leg injury. He'll select his next name of the summer season against Djokovic, who cruised past unseeded Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-2, 6-1. The Serb showed no signs his right leg remains bothering him, two weeks after rotating it during a Davis Cup match from the Usa. Djokovic and Nadal haven't played against one another since last year's French Open final, which Nadal won. He has won their last three activities, after Djokovic got the prior eight a' which were tournament finals. Nadal leads their job series 19-14. Match points were saved four by the sixth-seeded Tsonga, rallying from 5-1 down seriously to force a second-set tiebreaker. He tied it 3-3 before generally making unforced mistakes by hurrying his photos. Nadal clinched the victory with a forehand champion and took a closer to a ninth right Monte Carlo name and to increasing his Masters games history to 23. Tsonga began well but missed three breakpoint chances in the next game a including one which left him shaking his head in disbelief after Nadal scooped the ball off his ankles and whipped it back the line. "He was extremely good today, and this is also what I call the champion's luck," Tsonga said. "The top people are able to do that." The upset Frenchman lost his next company game and totaled 17 unforced mistakes in the initial set compared to four for Nadal. It appeared to be the second set would be wrapped up by Nadal faster compared to the first, breaking for a 2-0 lead and keeping three match points at 5-2. Tsonga saved people that have some outstanding shot-making, and turned the set around. "I often act as intense when I enjoy him. It is the only method for me. There's no way I can win," Tsonga said, if I keep straight back. "But I can't hurry to the internet either since otherwise he strikes a shot, and 90 percent of the time I drop the purpose. "So I've to have the proper mix between tolerance and aggressiveness." With Nadal providing for the fit in the ninth game, Tsonga held two breakpoints which were erased by a set of aces. The Spaniard made two unforced mistakes to drop provide and the Frenchman tied it at 5-5 as chants of "Tsonga, Tsonga" called out in the crowd. A fourth match point was saved by tsonga in the 12th game when an Nadal sent a forehand well wide. But Tsonga fundamentally made way too many unforced errors a 39 to Nadal's 12 a' charging him a potential for using Nadal in to a third set. Grigor Dimitrov won a group off Nadal before dropping in Friday's quarterfinals. Nadal has not dropped at Monte Carlo since dropping to former French Open champion Guillermo Coria in 2003. Nadal missed these year as a result of an accident. Fognini made 26 unforced errors and was jeered off the court at the end of his first Masters semifinal. The Italian called for a trainer at 4-1. At the next move he named the trainer again, pointing to his left leg whilst the trainer taped and sprayed it. The Italian dropped his serve again in the next game as Djokovic covered up the set without facing some slack point and converted two of his four odds on Fognini's serve. The court was quickly left by fognini as boos called down from the stands.
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