In Tennis, Rafael Nadal has won the Barcelona Open to equal Guillermo Vilas' decades old record of 49 clay-court titles. In the Final last night, world number five and top seed Spaniard defeated two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori of Japan, in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. This was Nadal's 9th Barcelona Open title, and he has now won his first 10 matches of the European clay-court season.Argentine Guillermo Vilas had bagged 49 clay-court titles in 1970s and early 1980s. Nadal may break that record as he will play in Madrid and Rome next month before the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the season, which ends the clay-court season. Nine of Nadal's 14 Grand Slams have been at Roland Garros.