It was Nadal&rsquo;s 41st successive win in the principality. World No 1 Djokovic battled into his second career Monte Carlo final, overcoming a stiff challenge from Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/apr/rafa.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 346px; " /> Rafael Nadal returns to Gilles Simon. Pics/Getty Images, AFP <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/apr/djoko_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 367px; " /> Novak Djokovic plays a backhand against Tomas Berdych Djokovic reached his 45th ATP final (30-14) and will be playing in his 19th at the Masters 1000 level. Djokovic has played on despite learning of the death of his grandfather in Serbia this week. &ldquo;It was quite a match,&rdquo; said Djokovic. &ldquo;There were lots of unforced errors in really, really difficult conditions. The wind was blowing very hard, changing directions all the time. &ldquo;We had a lot of double-faults. Tomas tosses very high on serve which didn&#39;t help and I didn&rsquo;t serve so well either. It was a matter of who would be better-positioned on court and who got luckier. I was that player in the end.&rdquo; u00a0

Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal reached the Monte Carlo Masters final on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over France's Gilles Simon and will face Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final. 

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