Rafael Nadal stayed on course for his first title of the season by reaching the final of the Sony Ericsson Open with a 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych this evening.
The Spanish second seed has shown patchy form this year but reached the semi-finals in Indian Wells two weeks ago and proved too strong for Czech 22-year-old Berdych in Miami.
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