Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 Sunday to tie Bjorn Borg's record of six Roland Garros singles titles. the good news for Roger is he played better against at Rafa than he had in their previous four meetings at Roland Garros. Roger had a set point at 5-2 in the first set and hit a drop shot, had landed a fraction of an inch wide., he had won this pointPerhaps, the fight gone quite differently, because after that the ball landed just long, Rogers level play fell from significantly. his first serve percentage dropped from approximately 80% up to that point at about 50% through the rest of the first set and half-way point in the second. to serve, it is a shot that you have complete control, so that a sudden drop in serving percentagesimultaneous changes in, barring weather, almost always indicates a mental letdown. the first serve is crucial for Roger, with whom he won 69% of the points when his first serve went, but only 39% when he had hit a second serve.
After falling behind with a lustre solve play in the second set, Roger returned back well enough to bring it to a tiebreak, and he maintained his stronger player to win was the most significantly improved third seen. Rogers backhand, with which he hit with better depth gives fewer Balls to attack at Rafa. in any attack his backhand ceaselessly has helped Roger make it stronger. He took several backhands rising, keep them from kicking quite so high on him, and when he got a little shorter the ball, he produced a good number of winners should still be able to, Roger had 56 utvungne errors for the match a little more than his 53 winners.
Rafas mere 27 utvungne errors in a match 273 points is an indication of how well he performed. as usual, his defence was exceptional, often forcing Roger to hit more amazing shots to win a point. Roger better depth gave at Rafa fewer opportunities to hit winners, but he still produced 39, the most impressive which came from his forehand. mesteRafa hit his first serve with more spin than poweras a result, he received 72% of his first serves in, but he showed his intelligence early in the fourth set, when he realized that Roger Audio Tuning Wizard in his spin serves to backhand too well, and he responded by substantially harder and will serve forehand more, which threw Roger off.
Expect to see that harder at Rafa serve much more at Wimbledon, where the ball speed is rewarded more and spin less than on clay. we should also expect Roger write Wimbledon with good confidence, have defeated the hottest player in tennis, Novak Djokovic, Roland Garros small trucks and then play its best yet against the Court of justice where ever at Rafa at Rafa plays better than anyone has.
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