The 22-year-old woke up on Monday as the new world number one with an Olympic gold medal in his pocket after Sunday's victory over Fernando Gonzalez in Beijing.

22岁的纳达尔在周日的比赛中击败费尔南多—冈萨雷斯将奥运金牌收入囊中，并在星期一荣登世界网坛的头把交椅。

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The 17-year-old beat his teenage counterpart to book a second-round meeting with sixth seed Fernando Gonzalez.

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The last semi-final spot will be decided on Friday when Gaston Gaudio plays Fernando Gonzalez.

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"It will be difficult, but we will do our best for our country, " said player Fernando Gonzalez.

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