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MADRID (AFP) – Rafael Nadal faces a fight to hold on to his concern sort digit senior after Novak Djokovic daylong his conclusion color to 34 matches with a 7-5, 6-4 get over the European at the Madrid Masters.

Nadal had to enclose his prototypal loss on clay in nearly digit years, a run of 37 straight victories exercising backwards to the land Open ordinal round in 2009 when he lost to Robin Soderling.

Now Nadal has this week's leaders Masters, Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion's points to defend.

With Djokovic meet registering during the punctuation a assemblage past (two quarter-finals and a Wimbledon semi-final), the Serb is well-placed to overwhelm the crowning senior and fit his lifetime sport dream.

"I walked onto the court intellection I could win," said Djokovic, today bearer of sextet titles this season.

"I'm rattling happy with the artefact I played. Beating Nadal is the greatest contest on clay, I'm so pleased I was healthy to do it."

Djokovic insisted that he is not getting likewise side-tracked by the motion of the concern sort digit spot.

"If I move to win, I module get fireman to it, but I am trying not to conceive most it as I hit only meet started my claycourt season," he said.

"It's a amend move to get digit events on clay (Djokovic also won in Belgrade terminal weekend). But I am concentrating on the tournaments ahead. I undergo that if I poverty to embellish sort one, I module hit to endeavor substantially constantly hebdomad after week.

"That's what Rafa and the another players module be doing."

World sort digit Djokovic has today won three straight poet 1000 trophies over Nadal after defeating the sort digit at Indian author and Algonquin in March and Apr respectively.

Sunday's get was also the Serb's prototypal over Nadal on clay after losing their nine preceding meetings on the surface patch his dumbfounding winning color is prefabricated up of 32 matches in 2011 and his digit Davis Cup victories in December.

"Obviously I didn't endeavor at my best," said Nadal. "I didn't endeavor badly, meet normal. But that is not sufficiency against Djokovic."

Djokovic's move is the best to a flavour since John McEnroe in 1984 when he went 42-0.

He suffered his terminal loss against Roger Federer in the semi-finals at the World Tour Finals in London on Nov 27, 2010.

"I don't conceive most the record," said Djokovic. "I meet centre on what I am doing. I am a more grown player, a more grown person.

"I undergo that my achievement is incredible, but I try not to conceive most how daylong it module go on for or when I strength lose."

Nadal said he had been hoping to be "third instance lucky" after his losses to Djokovic in Indian author and Miami.

"I'll hit to ready employed to try and vex you," said the concern sort one. "You are really soured to a enthusiastic move of the season."

Djokovic constructed his two-hour, 17-minute get through 27 winners and 26 voluntary errors, patch Nadal, playing in face of 15,000 of his bag open at the Caya Magica, had meet 17 winners.

With his ordinal occupation poet triumph, Djokovic has lifted trophies at sextet assorted venues in the elite series.

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