World number one Rafael Nadal stretched his unbeaten run on clay to 32 matches as he beat Gael Monfils to reach the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open.The Spaniard, 24, powered past the French seventh seed 6-2 6-2 and remains undefeated on clay since 2009.Nadal next faces Feliciano Lopez or Ivan Dodig as he continues his quest for a sixth Barcelona title.
In the other quarter-finals, Jurgen Melzer plays David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro takes on Juan Carlos Ferrero.
"To win 6-2 6-2 is a very positive result and was much better than I expected," said Nadal. "I'm very pleased.
"I won in Monte Carlo last week and now to be in the semi-finals in Barcelona is super positive, I couldn't have started the clay season any better. Now I have to keep on working."
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