Its simply unrealistic and unbelievable to watch the onslaught and battle between the two very best Tennis players right now. Rafa having been out for nearly 7 months of action, has returned as more hungrier,inspired and willing to let himself through sheer pain and hard work to achieve new heights this year. Having already won 10 titles, 05 of which are ATP 1000 Masters which equals Djokovic's record of 2011 and highest so far.
Rafael Nadal seems so flawless and extremely poised in doing what he is known to be the best. Coming into US open as the hot favourite to win the tournament, Rafa proved every bit of it right. He was calm, composed and focused, unlike Djokovic in winning the finals.
Nadal Outclassed Djokovic in each and every aspect of the game. He had won 95 off 99 service games at the US open, out of which he had lost just one service game before the finals. This is enough to indicate the magnitude of his high quality service games.
The Main indicator as previously predicted was the Unforced errors from Djoker's weapon that helped Nadal in some way or the other, not taking away credit from Nadal's superb display of high quality consistent ground strokes. The degree of top spin that Nadal generates on his Forehand, has even the best of players fault with the best of their strokes. Djokovic tried to put Nadal on back foot with his shoulder height serve, significantly known as the kick serve, but Rafa was rock solid in returning whatever was being thrown at him. This was clearly visible with Nadal winning 45% of return points, a number he had not been able to get against Djokovic ever before.
The match was clearly dominated by Nadal for the Ist set as he produced scintillating forehand, backhand slices and enormous top spin to break into Djokovic's game. Nadal had committed just 02 Unforced errors compared to 11 of Djokovic in the Ist set.
The turning point of the match could well be considered the 9th game of 3rd set, where Djokovic was 0-40 up on Nadal's serve, this was the best ever comeback in a game i have ever witnessed, as Nadal bounced back with a bang and won that game and went to break Djokoivc in 10th game to win the 3rd set.
The 4th set a mere formality as Nadal overpowered Djokovic to Win the 13th Grand slam, just one short of Pete Sampras's 14.
The Debate for the Greatest Of All Time, would just sizzle up once again as Federer's slump in form and growing age could hamper his chances of winning another slam. Nadal at present is Class apart from the rest, his confidence oozes out in every stroke he plays and his utter determination to prove himself gives us a measure of how difficult it would be for Novak and Others to resist the Challenge from Rafa.
The Injuries are ephemeral with time and Rafa has given us enough reasons to believe that he can overcome them with great courage and motivation. For the moment Rafa seems Invincible and it would be very Interesting to watch out for the rest of the season as He would most likely end the year as No.1, to be regarded as the best comebacks ever.
Tennis has become an integral part of my life and being an avid Djoker fan, Djokovic's loss did hurt somewhere but Rafael is the man to beat at this moment and if he continues to dominate the ATP tour with the same zeal and enthusiasm, he could probably be the best contender for the World Tour Finals as well at London.
Nadal Outclassed Djokovic in each and every aspect of the game. He had won 95 off 99 service games at the US open, out of which he had lost just one service game before the finals. This is enough to indicate the magnitude of his high quality service games.
The Main indicator as previously predicted was the Unforced errors from Djoker's weapon that helped Nadal in some way or the other, not taking away credit from Nadal's superb display of high quality consistent ground strokes. The degree of top spin that Nadal generates on his Forehand, has even the best of players fault with the best of their strokes. Djokovic tried to put Nadal on back foot with his shoulder height serve, significantly known as the kick serve, but Rafa was rock solid in returning whatever was being thrown at him. This was clearly visible with Nadal winning 45% of return points, a number he had not been able to get against Djokovic ever before.
The match was clearly dominated by Nadal for the Ist set as he produced scintillating forehand, backhand slices and enormous top spin to break into Djokovic's game. Nadal had committed just 02 Unforced errors compared to 11 of Djokovic in the Ist set.
The turning point of the match could well be considered the 9th game of 3rd set, where Djokovic was 0-40 up on Nadal's serve, this was the best ever comeback in a game i have ever witnessed, as Nadal bounced back with a bang and won that game and went to break Djokoivc in 10th game to win the 3rd set.
The 4th set a mere formality as Nadal overpowered Djokovic to Win the 13th Grand slam, just one short of Pete Sampras's 14.
The Injuries are ephemeral with time and Rafa has given us enough reasons to believe that he can overcome them with great courage and motivation. For the moment Rafa seems Invincible and it would be very Interesting to watch out for the rest of the season as He would most likely end the year as No.1, to be regarded as the best comebacks ever.
Tennis has become an integral part of my life and being an avid Djoker fan, Djokovic's loss did hurt somewhere but Rafael is the man to beat at this moment and if he continues to dominate the ATP tour with the same zeal and enthusiasm, he could probably be the best contender for the World Tour Finals as well at London.
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