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 The Spaniard, seeded one, produced some sparkling tennis in the
sunshine, serving solidly throughout and snatching the one break
point that came his way in the second set.
It was only his second title of a disappointing year and Nadal
looked delighted with his form after his early French Open exit.
"Since 2011, I didn't play a final on grass, so finally to win a
title again after five years on grass is very good news for my game,
for my mentality too and at the same time is another title," said
Nadal, who now has 66 career titles.
"At this point of the season for me, every victory is important,
every title means a lot to me. This is not confidence for Wimbledon,
this is an important victory for me and I'm happy for that today."
There was precious little between the players in the first set as
eighth seed Troicki stayed with Nadal.
The Serb did little wrong other than fail to convert the one break
point opportunity he was offered.
Nadal, whose last grass court title came at Wimbledon in 2010 -- the
second of his titles at the All England Club, broke for a 4-1 lead
in the second set and cruised to the title in one hour 27 minutes,
picking up 104,000 euros ($116,740) and a gleaming yellow Mercedes
sports car for his trouble.
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Eyeing the car with a degree of envy, Troicki said: "I hope maybe
they will give me a toy one at least."
Nadal will now continue his preparations for Wimbledon at the Aegon
Championships at London's Queen's Club next week.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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