Points won by each set: | 26-19, 36-32, 31-27 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
32 % Nadal – 29 of 90
34 % Berdych – 28 of 81
En route to the final Berdych defeated Federer & Djokovic in back-to-back matches! So defeating three best players of the 21st Century it was a too much demanding task for the Czech… Ugly final, one of those to be quickly forgotten. Berdych led 3:2* in the 1st set, and from the moment Nadal was leading all the time, serving well and waiting for his opponent’s baseline errors – they came at the end of each set, especially at 6:5 in the 2nd set.
Nadal’s route to his 41st title:
1 Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
2 Robin Haase 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
3 Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3
4 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Q Robin Soderling 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-1
S Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4
W Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4