Rafael Nadal to become world number one again

The 27-year-old Rafael Nadal is set to return to number one position on Monday as he reaches the final of the China Open on Saturday.

The current world number 2, Nadal won the French Open and US Open this year along with 8 other major titles and reaching finals of 12 since his return from a long knee injury lay-off. The Spaniard missed the Australian Open and lost in the first round at Wimbledon, but came back solid and set to end the year being number one in the world rankings.

Nadal reached the China Open final after fourth seed Tomas Berdych retire injured in the first semi final.
In other semifinal will be played later today between current world number one Novak Djokovic and fifth seed Richard Gasquet.

“Looking back, all this is a bonus, because I’ve done much more than I would have expected seven months ago,” Nadal said after beating Novak Djokovic to win his second U.S. Open.

“You just can’t keep this up in moments that are complicated and keep winning and winning, because no one can resist this, it’s logical, but that doesn’t mean you lose the motivation to keep fighting and to keep doing what I’ve always been passionate about: competing and competing at the highest level. I’ll try to keep on the same path. Things are surely not going to go as well as this, but I hope to be here for many years,” he added.

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