David Ferrer played a great match against Rafael Nadal yesterday in the quarterfinals of Madrid Open. He hit the ball aggressively, used his backhand up the line to great effect and managed to get a lead of 6-4 4-2. Then something happened. Nerves, doubts, you name it. Nadal broke back to love and managed to level the match at 4-4. Nadal then broke Ferrer and was serving for set at 5-4. But Ferrer broke back and then held his serve. 6-5. You couldn’t help but think that Ferrer could win the match. It was definitely there for taking and Nadal …
