BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in their second all-Spanish final in two weeks to claim his sixth Barcelona Open title Sunday. The top-ranked Spaniard chalked up his 29th straight match at the clay court event when the fourth-seeded Ferrer hit his backhand wide. “It is a dream for me to win here six times,” said Nadal, whose sole loss at Barcelona came at the hands of fellow countryman Alex Corretja in 2003. “I think it will be difficult to repeat. Six years is a long time in the life of a tennis player.” It was Nadal's 45th career ATP title and his second consecutive trophy after beating Ferrer at Monte Carlo in straight sets on April 17. Nadal triumphed at Barcelona from 2005-2009, including finals victories over Ferrer in the 2008 and 2009, before sitting out the last year's edition to rest. “I hope Rafa doesn't come back next year,” Ferrer said jokingly to the public as he collected his second-place trophy. The 24-year-old Nadal became the first player to win two tournaments six or more times – he has won Monte Carlo seven times – in the tour's Open era. His 31st clay court title also moved him into third place all time ahead of Bjorn Borg and Manuel Orantes. The last time Nadal lost on his preferred surface was to Robin Soderling at the 2009 French Open. “We will have to see when my career is over, but what Bjorn did was incredible, how players had the feeling they could not beat him. I don't think I have that,” Nadal said. Goerges stuns Wozniacki Julia Goerges stunned world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to win the Stuttgart WTA claycourt title Sunday, becoming the first German champion here in 17 years. The 22-year-old Goerges collected only her second career title to add to her 2010 Bad Gastein trophy, 17 years after Anke Huber won the second of her Stuttgart crowns in 1994. Samantha Stosur of Australia won the doubles title with Sabine Lisicki with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) win over Germany's Kristina Barrois and Jasmin Woehr. Brianti wins in Morocco Italian veteran Alberta Brianti defeated seventh-seeded Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Grand Prix Sar at Fes, Morocco, to earn her first WTA title Sunday. Halep lost to Iveta Benesova in last year's final.
