What a Rafa!!!
The King of Clay (and now of hard court) plays another wonderful match to win his 9th title of the season, his 26 Master and 59th career title! This is the 3rd ATP Master that Rafa wins in 2013. The Spaniard now has a perfect 16-0 record on hard courts in this season.
Nadal played a very solid match against a very good Isner. The American has probably played at his best to fire 11 aces without conceding a break point. The theme of the match was that Isner had to blast aces and close the point in 2 or 3 shots, and Rafa had to put the ball down for a rally when he had a clear upper hand. The match ended after a couple of tiebreaks with Nadal scoring 84 points vs. Isner’s
Rafa: I never did something like this in all my career
Nadal was really happy after winning a back to back Montreal and Cincinnati to comment “It means a lot, being able to win two straight titles, two Masters 1000 on hard back to back is just amazing for me.
I never did something like this in all my career. So it was an emotional moment for so many different facts.
First of all, I won a very important tournament, Masters 1000. Second thing, after all the problems that I had, I mean, it was just two weeks in a row on hard playing at the highest level. Then the ranking is there. I was playing for a lot of points this week. And I’m in a good position.”
Isner: Rafa was better than me
“I played extremely well all week. Thought I played well again today. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t good enough. As I said on the court, I’m going to hold my head up high after today’s match and after this whole week. But Rafa was better than me today” commented John.
