Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic 7-5 1-6 6-3 in the final in Rome on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. This is the 10 times that Nadal wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Nadal added € 100,085 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 245,085 in total after conquering this tournament.
Nadal was happy about the tournament. He commented:
“It’s amazing to have this trophy in my hands for the 10th time. It’s something impossible to imagine but it happened so I’m super happy and can’t thank my team enough.”
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:49
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 97 points vs. Novak’s 94.
Nadal
Nadal didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Djokovic
On the other side, Novak wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Djokovic is 28-29 for Novak.
This was the 88th career title for Rafael. (see list of the title). Djokovic remains with 82nd titles. (see list of the title)
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didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Nadal in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Nadal was not done to come back to break Novak in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Rafael converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rafael won just 3 points more than Djokovic (44-41). Nadal surrendered 17 points on serve (26-17). On the losing side, Novak conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Novak was too strong to concede only 1 game before breaking Rafael 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Nadal was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Djokovic converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Rafael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 53 points. Novak won 11 more points than Rafael (32-21). The Serbian lost 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Nadal conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Novak was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 53 points. Nadal won 11 more points than Novak (32-21). Nadal surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Rafael Nadal in Rome |
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