Points won by each set: | 33-27, 34-43, 37-29, 32-20 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
28 % Nadal – 32 of 112
12 % Djokovic – 18 of 143
The 3-hour 43-minute match was halted by rain (for two hours) at 4-all in the 2nd set. Before it happened, Djokovic had already led 4:1* (30-all). Up to that point, Nadal had won 19 consecutive sets!
Nadal’s route to his 42nd (first US Open) title:
1 Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3
2 Denis Istomin 6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5
3 Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
4 Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Q Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
S Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
W Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Points won by each set: | 33-27, 34-43, 37-29, 32-20 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
28 % Nadal – 32 of 112
12 % Djokovic – 18 of 143
The 3-hour 43-minute match was halted by rain (for two hours) at 4-all in the 2nd set. Before it happened, Djokovic had already led 4:1* (30-all). Up to that point, Nadal had won 19 consecutive sets!
Nadal’s route to his 42nd (first US Open) title:
1 Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3
2 Denis Istomin 6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5
3 Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
4 Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Q Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
S Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
W Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2