David Ferrer played with a pit bull's perseverance in posting a 12-0 clay-court record coming into Monte Carlo, but his was forced on his heels today as Thomaz Bellucci whipped a series of forehand ...

The skid marks scarring the red clay looked like routes on a road map marking David Ferrer's path to a long-desired destination. Hair flapping against his forehead with almost every determined step, ...