Points won by each set: | 39-36, 30-18, 31-27 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
24 % Nadal – 22 of 90
23 % Soderling – 21 of 91
[2] Nadal’s sweet revenge for sensational defeat to Soderling [7] in Paris a year before (in the fourth round). The Spaniard saved a break point at 1:2 in the opener and took control over the final. From *1:2 in the 2nd set he won seven straight games. For the second time (previously in 2008) he won the event not dropping a set!
Nadal’s route to his 40th title (7th major):
1 Gianni Mina 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
2 Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
3 Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
4 Thomaz Bellucci 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
Q Nicolas Almagro 7-6(2), 7-6(3), 6-4
S Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(6)
W Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4