Yesterday, in tennis, Rafael Nadal became the first player in the open era to win four consecutive Monte Carlo Masters titles. The second seeded Spaniard is now the strong favorite to win next month\'s French Open after dispatching world no.1 Roger Federer. Before Nadal, only New Zealand\'s Anthony Wilding had won four straight titles dating way back to 1914. Though Federer sped to an early advantage in the second set, Nadal rallied to win 5 straight games. Sensing victory he wrapped up the match 7 5, 7 5 in one hour and 43 minutes. [Rafael Nadal, Winner Monte Carlo Masters]: \"It\'s unbelievable for me, I\'ve never felt that before. I\'m very very happy to come here and win for the fourth time.\" @@@@@@@ And now to Russia where the United States beat Belgium 3-1 to qualify for the Olympics in women\'s hockey. Kelly Doton opened the scoring for the United States in the 18th minute before Anne-Sophie van Regemortel equalised eight minutes later. Tiffany Snow\'s sixth goal of the tournament put the Americans 2-1 up at half-time and Kate Barber added a third midway into the second half. The U.S. was unbeaten in their pool games. The remaining Olympic hopeful will come from a qualifying round underway in Canada. anthony, french, nadal, ntd, olympics, open, rafel, rederer, roger, sports, tennis, wilding