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Good day in sports for the Spaniars. Spanish rookie Dani Pedrosa continued his breathtaking assault on MotoGP by not only grabbing his first pole position in the class after a rain-disrupted qualifying for the China Grand Prix on Saturday, but also winning the race today (!)
The 20-year-old Honda rider recorded the quickest lap in the short history of the Shanghai circuit, shooting around the 5.3-kilometer track in a time of 1:59.009 on his final run after a splash of rain cut 15 minutes from the one-hour session.
Then, Rafael Nadal outlasted Roger Federer in the final of the Rome Masters Series, and tied Guillermo Vilas' all-time record of 53 consecutive wins on clay. In winning the title, Nadal beat Federer for the fifth time in six meetings.
