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Nadal scrapes through in Monte Carlo

Rafael Nadal prepared for his assault on the French Open by narrowly beating unfancied Russian Grigor Dimitrov today.

I love matches like this because, unless you are a value seeker, there isn’t much point in backing somebody, Nadal, at such short odds. So much risk and so little reward. So you inevitably end up laying the red hot favourite or backing the rank outsider.

Dimitrov lost, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6, Nadal using the ninth game effect to push for a break …