Djokovic destroys Nadal to win his 6th Beijing

Novak Djokovic is currently in another dimension.

The world no.1 made it look even too easy to dispatch Rafael Nadal in the Beijing final with a telling 6-2 6-2. The most incredible thing is not the entity of the result, but the fact that Rafa didn’t play that bad at all and Djokovic made it look as it was a routine match.

This was Djokovic’s 6^th title in Beijing, 8th title of the season and the 56th of his sublime career.

Djokovic: The score line is not the truth

Nole was gracious with Rafa (not new to that)

“The scoreline, especially in the first set, doesn’t indicate the real battle that we had on the court.

I’m aware of the fact that very few points can decide a winner of the matches I play against the biggest rivals, and Rafa is definitely one of them. He’s the kind of player that is a champion and understands the kind of challenge that a big match presents. He knows how to play on the big stage for the titles. He has won so many.

That’s why I didn’t want to give him an opportunity to come back to the match and eventually start playing better to dominate the rallies. This positive week definitely encourages me and gives me a lot of confidence for Shanghai.”

Nadal: I played a good match

Rafa was right to have claimed he played an excellent tennis “I’m very happy the way that I played this week, especially because I was able to improve every single match. Especially in the quarter-finals after that first set against Sock, I changed that dynamic. I played closer to the baseline. Yesterday I played a good match and today I played a good match.”