Points won directly behind the serve:
22 % Djokovic – 16 of 72
17 % Nadal – 16 of 93
41st meeting between them: Nadal leads 22-19 (Djokovic has won the last four) – five meetings in Rome (Nadal leads 3-2). “It’s been a great week considering where I’ve been a few weeks ago with the wrist injury,” said Djokovic. “Luckily for me, I played with no pain and increased the level of tennis as the week went on. I’ve had some tough matches. Four out of five matches were three-setters and I had to come back from one set down yesterday against Raonic and today again. That gives me a lot of confidence. Winning against Rafa in the final of a big tournament on clay, his preferred surface, is definitely a confidence booster.”
Djokovic’s route to his 44th title:
2 Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-5
3 Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Q David Ferrer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
S Milos Raonic 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 6-3
W Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Points won directly behind the serve:
22 % Djokovic – 16 of 72
17 % Nadal – 16 of 93
41st meeting between them: Nadal leads 22-19 (Djokovic has won the last four) – five meetings in Rome (Nadal leads 3-2). “It’s been a great week considering where I’ve been a few weeks ago with the wrist injury,” said Djokovic. “Luckily for me, I played with no pain and increased the level of tennis as the week went on. I’ve had some tough matches. Four out of five matches were three-setters and I had to come back from one set down yesterday against Raonic and today again. That gives me a lot of confidence. Winning against Rafa in the final of a big tournament on clay, his preferred surface, is definitely a confidence booster.”
Djokovic’s route to his 44th title:
2 Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-5
3 Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Q David Ferrer 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
S Milos Raonic 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 6-3
W Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Djokovic 3 points away from losing to Raonic