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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 10, 2020 at 8:02 am

   Points won by each set: | 34-31, 26-13, 48-46 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   19 % Nadal – 19 of 98
   15 % Djokovic – 15 of 100

   Second year running on Philipp Chatrier court, Nadal [2] proved to be physically too strong & too consistent for Djokovic [3] # After losing the opener, the 21-year-old Serb played very poor tennis for 50 minutes, but from 0:3* (15-all) in the 3rd set, he managed to improve considerably his game, and even created a set point at 6:5* – Nadal saved it with a powerful forehand contre-pie. In the ensuing tie-break Nadal built a 6:0 advantage to convert his fourth match point with an overhead. In the 3rd set the Spaniard hadn’t easy life in any of his six service games: broken twice, saved break points in three games (2nd, 6th & 12th), and won a game for a 5:3 lead from 0/30.

   # Comparison of two consecutive French Open semifinals between them (and their final many years later):
   2007: Nadal d. Djokovic 7-5, 6-4, 6-2… 2 hours 28 minutes… Total points: 106-75
   2008: Nadal d. Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6… 2 hours 49 minutes… Total points: 108-90
   2020: Nadal d. Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5… 2 hours 41 minutes… Total points: 106-77
   

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