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Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Make it 8-for-8. Rafael Nadal has played eight tournaments this year and has now reached the final in each one after a straight-set win over Tomas Berdych in Saturdays semifinals at the Italian Masters. The fifth-seeded Spaniard needed just 78 minutes in a 6-2, 6-4 romp Saturday and will play two-time Rome runner-up Roger Federer in Sundays marquee finale. Nadal has won five of his first seven events in 2013, a season that didnt start until February after his seven-month layoff because of a knee injury. He lost to unheralded Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the final at Vina del Mar to start his year, then won titles in Sao Paolo, Acapulco and Indian Wells before a loss to Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo finale. He has followed that wins in Barcelona and Madrid. The 11-time Grand Slam champion appears to be in superior form heading to the French Open, which he has dominated with seven titles in eight years, and will try to capture the Rome crown for a seventh time. He is 40-2 all-time at Foro Italico, winning titles previously in 2005-07, 2009-10 and again last year. Nadal had little trouble Saturday, breaking serve twice in the opening set while losing just one point on his own serve. He then broke Berdych at love in the ninth game of the second set and closed it out in the next game. The victory gave Nadal a 14-3 lifetime mark against Berdych, including 5-0 on clay. The two also met in the quarterfinals of this event last year. Berdych had beaten two-time Rome champ Djokovic in the quarterfinals on Friday to deny a rematch of last years final between the world No. 1 Serb and Nadal. Nadal, on Sunday, will try for his 56th career title overall and his 41st on clay. He is currently tied with Thomas Muster for the second-most clay titles, trailing only Guillermo Vilas 45. Federer, meanwhile, battled past Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to reach his first final of the year. Sundays match will mark the 30th meeting between the two rivals and second this year. Nadal cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win in the quarterfinals at Indian Wells to improve to 19-10 against the Swiss superstar. Nadal also won the only previous meeting between the two in Rome, a 6-7 (0-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) best-of-five thriller in the 2006 finale. The two havent met in a final since Nadals four-set triumph in the 2011 French Open. This weeks big winner will earn $650,000. Adidas Superstar Herr Rea . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Adidas Deerupt Runner Sverige . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. http://www.nmdsverige.com/nmd-cs2-adidas-skor.html . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Adidas Falcon Rea . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. Adidas NMD R1 Herr Rea . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. NEW YORK -- Serena Williams turned heads when she made a cameo in Beyonces Sorry music video -- where she twerked heavily -- and now the tennis star is releasing her own dancing video.Williams, who released a new video Thursday on YouTube that features the 34-year-old dancing in a variety of styles, says dance is one of her favorite hobbies.This video really kind of taps into a lot of emotions that I have and a lot of emotions that I feel. And one of the things that I say is that ...I always keep climbing, and thats something that really resonates with me, Williams said in an interview on the set of the video last week.Everyones like, `Why are you still playing? Why are you doing this? `Cause Im always challenging myself, Im always keeping myself climbing.Williams is currently battling a shoulder injury, but said the dancing she filmed did not involve her shoulder. The top-ranked athlete began her bid for a record-breaking 23rd major title in the U.S. open this week.On the video set last week in Brooklyn, New York, she said she was just moving more or lesss my legs.dddddddddddd. Right now (my shoulder is) doing OK. Im taking it day-by-day.I work really hard at what I do. Ive had some ups and downs this year but you know ...I always just try to come back and do the best that I can, she added.Williams worked with choreographers Will Willdabeast Adams and Janelle Ginestra for the video along with Delta Air Lines. She said she remembers learning a great deal about dance from Beyonces team of choreographers when she filmed Sorry, which appears on the pop stars visual album, Lemonade.Dancing in the Beyonce video was obviously a lot of fun. I remember being super sore after because I was down the whole time, you know, kind of twerking a lot, she said. I was able to work a lot with her choreographers ...and I really learned so much just about my body movement and also different styles of movement to do.-----Online:Serena Williams dance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctsHgAsLn5M ' ' '