<p>A dominant Rafael Nadal dismantled fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday to win his second Mexican Open title and continue his successful comeback from a long injury lay-off. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Nadal, ranked fifth in the world, needed just over an hour to dispatch top seed Ferrer and was delighted with his form. <br /><br />“For me, I played almost perfectly,” said Nadal following the match. “My knee responded well all week,’” he added. <br /><br />Nadal also confirmed he would play in next week's Indian Wells hard-court tournament, despite speculation he might skip the event to spare his knee.<br /><br />“My heart tells me I should continue competing, that I need to move on to the next tournament,” the 11-times Grand Slam champion added. <br /><br />The former world number one charged out of the blocks and won the first eight games against three-times defending champion Ferrer, who saw his 19-match winning streak at the clay-court event come to an end.<br /><br />"Rafa was just better than me today (Saturday)," said Ferrer.<br /><br />World No 4 Ferrer waited 44 minutes to win his first game of the final, the crowd erupting in applause as he put away a service winner to trail 2-1 in the second set.<br /><br />With Ferrer serving down 3-1, an extended rally in which both players scrambled back and forth from the net ended with a top-spin lob winner by Nadal, bringing the crowd to its feet and the score to 30-30.<br /><br />Second seed Nadal, the 2005 Mexican Open champion, won the next two points to go up two breaks in the set and virtually put the match away. He pocketed $291,800 in prize money for the win. <br /><br />Isner, Haas crash out<br /><br />Top seeds John Isner and Tommy Haas were dumped out of the Delray Beach International semifinals by two players ranked outside the world's top 100, as Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Ernests Gulbis advanced to Sunday's final. <br /><br />Gulbis, ranked 109th in the world, beat second seed Haas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) in two hours and 14 minutes on Saturday before Frenchman Roger-Vasselin, ranked 105th, knocked off big-serving American Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.</p>
<p>A dominant Rafael Nadal dismantled fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday to win his second Mexican Open title and continue his successful comeback from a long injury lay-off. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Nadal, ranked fifth in the world, needed just over an hour to dispatch top seed Ferrer and was delighted with his form. <br /><br />“For me, I played almost perfectly,” said Nadal following the match. “My knee responded well all week,’” he added. <br /><br />Nadal also confirmed he would play in next week's Indian Wells hard-court tournament, despite speculation he might skip the event to spare his knee.<br /><br />“My heart tells me I should continue competing, that I need to move on to the next tournament,” the 11-times Grand Slam champion added. <br /><br />The former world number one charged out of the blocks and won the first eight games against three-times defending champion Ferrer, who saw his 19-match winning streak at the clay-court event come to an end.<br /><br />"Rafa was just better than me today (Saturday)," said Ferrer.<br /><br />World No 4 Ferrer waited 44 minutes to win his first game of the final, the crowd erupting in applause as he put away a service winner to trail 2-1 in the second set.<br /><br />With Ferrer serving down 3-1, an extended rally in which both players scrambled back and forth from the net ended with a top-spin lob winner by Nadal, bringing the crowd to its feet and the score to 30-30.<br /><br />Second seed Nadal, the 2005 Mexican Open champion, won the next two points to go up two breaks in the set and virtually put the match away. He pocketed $291,800 in prize money for the win. <br /><br />Isner, Haas crash out<br /><br />Top seeds John Isner and Tommy Haas were dumped out of the Delray Beach International semifinals by two players ranked outside the world's top 100, as Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Ernests Gulbis advanced to Sunday's final. <br /><br />Gulbis, ranked 109th in the world, beat second seed Haas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) in two hours and 14 minutes on Saturday before Frenchman Roger-Vasselin, ranked 105th, knocked off big-serving American Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.</p>