Tennis - Rafael Nadal Upsets Djokovic At The Rome Masters Final
It was not a good day for the defending champion of the Rome Masters, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who lost against the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final of the tournament, in a great game that was very close during the first set by both players. The game of Djokovic was quite fluctuant during the whole game; at in a moment we was playing great and in the next one he was losing control and committing unforced errors. In addition, Nadal has become the best player in clay surface in recent times and this was the third tournament that he won the last three weeks.
For Nadal, this is his fourth Rome Masters title in five years and the other two clay titles he has won this year are those of the Barcelona Open and the Monte Carlo Masters. Now he will be participating in the Madrid Masters before heading to France to defend his title at the French Open that will start in three weeks. If he continues with his amazing clay run this year, he would win his fifth consecutive title at Roland Garros.
After his win at Rome, the World No.1 referred to his upcoming tournaments – “Every tournament is completely different. In Roland Garros we will see. Important thing is (to) play well. If I am playing well, I’m going to have a lot of chances to have good results in both tournaments. But you never know what can happen. Tennis is always like this,” Said Nadal.
Nadal and Djokovic had to go to a tiebreaker in the first set of the final. According to Nadal, this was one of the most difficult moments of the match for him, but Rafa stayed calmed and played with a great precision, which made Djokovic lose control and led him to convert only 2 points in the tiebreaker. The second set was entirely for Nadal as it ended 6-2 and gave the victory to the Spaniard. A very interesting fact to add is that Djokovic has been the only one capable to win a set to Nadal in clay this season, in the Monte Carlo Masters. However, at Rome it was a different story.
The 22-year-old Spaniard has improved his winning streak on clay to 30 matches, after his early defeat last year to Juan Carlos Ferrero at Rome. This year was different and Nadal has expressed that he is very happy and satisfied with his victory at Rome since for him is very important to win another title that will prove that he is the No. 1 of the world at this moment.
On the other hand, since Djokovic failed to defend his title at Rome, he will lose his No. 3 position in the rankings on May 11th to Andy Murray after last year’s points drop out. He has been the World No. 3 since August 2007and he is planning to recover his position later on this year. Among his best achievements of this year had been defeating Roger Federer in the semifinals of both the Miami Masters and the Rome Masters. Djokovic said that he had his chances on the final against Nadal, but he committed too many errors and that is why Nadal is the No.1, because he knows how to overcome the pressure.
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