 Spain's Rafael Nadal is seen after his victory over Andy Roddick of the U.S. at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, March 17, 2007. Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal routed Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Pacific Life Open final on Saturday. Nadal moves to Sunday's final where he will play the Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who upset Scotland's Andy Murray 6-2,6-3. Nadal from Spain has not won an ATP title since Roland Garros, going winless in 12 consecutive tournaments. Nadal had 33 winners, six aces and 12 unforced errors to Roddick's 22 winners, 16 aces and 15 unforced errors in the one hour 13 minute match at the main Indian Wells Tennis Garden stadium. Nadal put on an impressive display of shot-making in front of a crowd of 12,000 and served at 87 percent compared to Roddick's 58 percent. Nadal broke Roddick's serve three times in the match. Heading into the semis, Roddick had gone 45 service games without facing a break point on his serve. Nadal now has a 2-1 lead in career meetings against Roddick butit had been two years since they last played.
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