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Shanghai, China. Surprising stuff in Shanghai as Roger Federer annihilates Rafael Nadal after playing a fantastic tennis in the final. The world no.2 was not supposed to have an easy ride against the Spaniard that was playing an ominous tennis for the past 2 weeks in China where he won the title in Beijing, and he reached the final in Shanghai playing at an extremely high level.
The final
From the very beginning, Nadal didn’t look as mobile as usual; he also had his right knee heavily strapped, and he was struggling in doing some lateral movements; on the other side of the court, Federer was at his very best not to concede anything to his old-time rival.
The match went immediately to the right direction for the Swiss that broke Rafa in the very first game (1-0). Then Federer conceded only 4 points on his serve in the first set to win the opener 6-4.
The second set was pretty similar with Roger dropping only 4 more points on serve, and he broke Nadal twice in the 5th (3-2) and the last game. The final score was 6-4 6-3 and the match ended after only 72 minutes.
2017 for Federer
– 10-1 vs. top 10
– 4th win over Nadal
– 6th title: 2 Grand Slams, 3 Masters 1000, 1 ATP 500 pic.twitter.com/DZ8O0UcY2l— BreakPointBR (@BreakPointBR) October 15, 2017
This is Roger’s 94th career title, the 6th of 2010, and he has now an amazing 5 matches winning streak against Nadal. Time to go for more?
For the first time ever, Federer has 5 consecutive wins v Nadal:
Basel 2015
Australian Open 2017
Indian Wells 2017
Miami 2017
Shanghai 2017 pic.twitter.com/osGj2yJKqf— Gaspar Ribeiro Lança (@gasparlanca) October 15, 2017
WINNING AND WINNING AGAIN
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