Nadal beat Federer and gets the record in MonteCarlo

Rafael Nadal won a record fourth straight Monte Carlo Masters title after beating world number one Roger Federer 7-5 7-5 in a tense final.

With this victory, Nadal breaks Ilie Nastase's Open era record set from 1971-1973 and becomes the first man since New Zealand's Anthony Wilding in 1914 to win four straight crowns in the Principality. The world number two, seeking his first ATP title since July of last year, played the entire match on a razor's edge, breaking back four times to once again deny the top-seeded Swiss in their third straight final meeting in Monaco.

"It's unthinkable, winning here for the fourth year in a row," Nadal said. "But Roger played a great match. We always have good finals." Federer looked the more aggressive of the two at the start of the match, pouncing on an early chance to break the 21-year-old Mallorcan in the first game. But a series of unforced errors from the Swiss allowed Nadal to break straight back in the very next game.