It wasn’t a big surprise to see Novak Djokovic lift his 29th masters title in Madrid, even after the hiccup he had in Monte Carlo. He played a solid week and was only really tested thoroughly against Murray in the final where he won a tough contest 6-2 3-6 6-3 after a ten minutes long game where he managed to serve it out after saving seven(!) break points! Djokovic is …
There’s something eerily familiar about this clay court season. The way Nadal started by winning Monte Carlo and the way he stays winning in Barcelona. Yesterday he took out familiar foe, Fabio Fognini in a solid performance and there’s only one real threat to the title in my view – an in-form Kei Nishikori. What’s evident in Nadal’s play is that his confidence is growing with each win. He’s daring …
Sounds a bit drastic to say that when the first set was so competitive, but to me the scoreline was never in doubt. Nadal lacked depth on his groundstrokes from the start and Djokovic raced to a 4-0 lead. But Nadal relaxed a bit after getting one of the service breaks back and Djokovic started to miss. Suddenly it was 4-4 and people were getting excited about the match again. …
