Roger Federer will be disappointed to wake up tomorrow morning to find out Rafael Nadal has replaced him as world No 1 after the Spaniard beat Alexander Zverev in the Italian Open final.
Nadal had a disappointing tournament last time out in Madrid when he was surprisingly beaten by Dominic Thiem, meaning he dropped behind Federer in the world rankings at the start of this week.
The Spaniard knew he would need to win in Rome in order to regain his place, and was almost outdone by Zverev in the final.
Nadal looked at his very best in the first set with Zverev having no answer for some scintilating tennis from the 31-year-old.
But the German impressively fought back in the second set to take it to a decider and went a break up before rain caused a short delay in play.
Nadal had a disappointing tournament last time out in Madrid when he was surprisingly beaten by Dominic Thiem, meaning he dropped behind Federer in the world rankings at the start of this week.
Nadal looked at his very best in the first set with Zverev having no answer for some scintilating tennis from the 31-year-old.
But the German impressively fought back in the second set to take it to a decider and went a break up before rain caused a short delay in play.
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