MADRID, Spain -- Top-ranked Rafael Nadal is back in a clay court final at the Madrid Open, where Japans Kei Nishikori denied an all-Spanish meeting by converting his 10th match point in a grueling victory over David Ferrer on Saturday. Joe Nieuwendyk Jersey . Nadal, the defending champion, reached his first clay final since winning in Rio de Janeiro in February with a 6-4, 6-4 win against countryman Roberto Bautista Agut. Ferrer saved nine match points before Nishikori ultimately overcame his late nerves for a 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3 victory that propelled him into his first Masters series final. Earlier, Maria Sharapova held her nerve to reach her second consecutive womens final, where she will play Simona Halep of Romania. After Nishikori won the first set, Ferrer delivered an ace to save his first match point in the 10th game, then broke Nishikori on the fifth try one game later. Ferrer took it to a third set after saving two break points. Despite needing treatment on his right thigh before the start of the deciding set, Nishikoris powerful groundstrokes overwhelmed Ferrer for a key break in the sixth game. There was a dramatic ninth game that lasted nearly 20 minutes. Nishikori smashed error after error with victory in his grasp as the local fans backed Ferrer, who ultimately hit long for the 12th-ranked Nishikori to earn his 14th straight win, including a perfect 10-0 on clay this season. Bautista Agut, playing in his first career Masters series semifinal, couldnt match the experience of Nadal, who continues to improve after coming to the Magic Box centre having lost at consecutive clay tournaments for the first time in a decade. Nadal took advantage of Bautista Aguts timid start to break right away for a lead he would never surrender. Nadals concentration dipped temporarily in the second set as Bautista Agut clawed to within 4-3 before Nadal overcame his 21 errors by pulling away to reach his 90th career final. "Psychologically speaking about Monte Carlo and Barcelona, whenever I had nerves, I was not ready and I was a little bit down," said Nadal, bidding to be the first repeat winner from his sixth final appearance. "I am mentally more stable and more confident things will go well. This is great news going into tomorrows match and for the future." Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys . Tony Parker had 33 points and nine assists and San Antonio never trailed in a resounding 116-92 victory over Portland, bullying the younger Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Jaromir Jagr Jersey . Still, Milan remained five points behind city rival Inter Milan in the race for fifth place and the final Europa League berth, after Inter beat 10-man Parma 2-0. Meanwhile, Paul Pogba led the way as Juventus stayed on course for a third consecutive title with a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Bologna.Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Tomas Tatar scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings offense came alive by scoring five unanswered goals to end a six-game slump with a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Henrik Zetterberg and Danny DeKeyser each finished with a goal and assist, Stephen Weiss and Johan Franzen also scored and Gustav Nyquist supplied three assists for the Red Wings, who matched their total goal output over their losing streak. Detroits power-play unit converted on 4-of-6 opportunities and Petr Mrazek stopped 13-of-16 shots in the win. We are happy our power play is working now, said Tatar. Like I said, just shoot from everywhere, just try and eventually the puck will go in. Nicolas Deslauriers, Chris Stewart and Andre Benoit all lit the lamp for Buffalo, which dropped its fourth straight game. Youre playing a good team like Detroit, Sabres head coach Ted Nolan said. You have a lead, you take a bad penalty and woke them up. The rest is history. Michal Neuvirth allowed all six goals on 39 shots in defeat. Trailing 3-1, DeKeysers wrister from the left circle with 2:06 to play in the second period sparked Detroits furious comeback. Zetterberg tied the game just under five minutes into the final stanza by cycling towards the high slot and rifling the puck into the back of the net. On the power play, Tatar received and blasted DeKeysers feed at the right circle on one knee to give Detroit a 4-3 lead with 8:20 to play. Franzen celebrated his 35th birthday by firing a shot past a screened Neuvirth with 5:54 to play to give thee Red Wings a two-goal cushion. Mikael Backlund Jersey. Tatar scored on the man advantage once again to cap the scoring with 2:12 to go. Early in the contest, Drew Stafford whipped the puck toward the slot from below the goal line. The puck deflected off Deslauriers and into the net at 2:36. The goal was originally waved off but was ruled to be a good goal following replay review. The Red Wings drew even on the power play as Nyquist sent a cross-ice pass to Jakub Kindl at the left circle. Kindl immediately dished the puck to Weiss, who finished off the tic-tac-toe play with a wrister from the right side of the net at 10:50 of the first. Stewart put Buffalo back in front less than three minutes later. Cody Hodgson raced up the left side and sent a slick backhander pass over to Stewart, who tapped the puck past a sliding Mrazek for a 2-1 game. Benoit increased the Sabres lead to 3-1 as he broke into the Detroit zone on a 2-on-0 with Brian Flynn and beat Mrazek blocker side for a short-handed goal nine minutes into the middle stanza. Game Notes The win gave Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock sole possession of 17th place in NHL history with 502 wins ... Weiss returned from a shoulder injury after a four-game absence ... Buffalo forward Joel Armia, who was recalled from Rochester (AHL) prior to the game, made his NHL debut ... Sabres captain Brian Gionta did not play due to an upper-body injury sustained in Sundays 4-3 overtime loss to Boston ... 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