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 ROME (AP) - Rafael Nadal won his 48th straight match on clay, beating 2004 winner Carlos Moya 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 in the first round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old Spaniard can match Guillermo Vilas' Open era record 53-match winning streak on the surface if he successfully defends his title.
"The first set was easier than I expected. But it got tougher. He knows me so well," Nadal said. "When I lost the second set I saw the phantom of Miami."
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