Rafael Nadal demolishes Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5 in the final in Paris on Sunday after playing a remarkable match to win his 86th career title, the 2nd of this season. This is Nadal’s 13 slam and he 20th of his incredible career to match Roger Federer’s record.
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This set was completely one-sided as Rafael conceded no games to Novak before winning the set 6-0.
Novak lost the 5th game (5-0) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Rafael converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Novak was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 51 points. Rafael won 13 points more than Djokovic (32-19). Rafael lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Rafael in this set played a much better tennis than Djokovic and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Djokovic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Rafael won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Spaniard converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. Rafael conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Djokovic (34-25). Nadal dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 17 points on serve (18-17
).Nadal won the set after he broke Djokovic in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Djokovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Rafael didn’t blink to win the set 7-5.
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd
(1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).They played 73 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Serbian (40-33). Rafael surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). On the other side, Novak conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Rafael pocketed € 800,000 after reaching this final. He has earned € 1,600,000 prize money after conquering this tournament.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rafael scored 106 points vs. Djokovic’s 77.
Rafael won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Serbian was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Djokovic is 27-29 for Novak.
This was the 86th career title for Rafael. (see list of the title). Djokovic remains with 81titles. (see list of the title)
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