Novak Djokovic overcame a strong challenge from Rafael Nadal to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final with a 6-3, 6-3 win. The world No 1, who is bidding to win his third Masters title in a row, lost the first two games of the match before battling back to set up a final against sixth seed Tomas Berdych. Nadal managed an early break but Djokovic levelled at 2-2 and broke the Spaniard in the eighth game to take a stranglehold on the first set. Novak Djokovic celebrates victory over Rafael Nadal in the semi-final of Monte Carlo . Djokovic overcame his rival 6-3, 6-3 to reach Sunday's Masters final . The second set hinged on an 11-minute game at 3-3, with Nadal surrendering a 40-0 lead to suffer what proved to be the vital break. Nadal will, however, take the positives out of his run to the semi-finals as he struggles to rediscover his spark after a wrist injury and surgery. As for Djokovic, he has lost just two matches in 2015 and yesterday’s triumph in a high-class match was his 16th straight win. Nadal will take the positives out of his run to the semi-finals as he struggles to rediscover his spark . Tomas Berdych has reached the Monte Carlo Masters final for the first time in his career . Earlier, Berdych completed a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Gael Monfils. Monfils had accounted for Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov earlier in the tournament, but Berdych was unstoppable, winning the first set in just 23 minutes.
Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 in Monte Carlo .
Serbian World No 1 will face Tomas Berdych in the final .