text: 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.
target: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 in Monte Carlo .
  Serbian World No 1 will face Tomas Berdych in the final .