Nadal Beat Djokovic In French Open Marathon

What a match that was! I mean what  a match that was.  It was without any doubt an epic thriller.  Unfortunately there is only one winner.  But this match gave a lot of thrilling moments to the tennis fans.  In the end Nadal came as victorious by 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) 9-7.  It was a block buster right from start to the end.  In the opening set both of guys showed good start by holding their serves with comfort.  But Nadal stole a break and sealed the set by serving at 5-4 for the set and sealed the set by Djokovic's forehand went long.

Nadal Celebrating After a great victory

In the second set Nadal put a great pressure on Djokovic's serve and produced a couple of break points but Djokovic saved all those break points by putting first serves in.  He hold his serve to get mental edge against Nadal.  Both guys go on holding their serves to take the scoreboad to 3-2.  After that Djokovic came in action and broke Nadal's serve when he was 40-15 up.  This break was enough to seal the second set by 6-3.  In the third there was Nadal everywhere his dimantled Djokovic completely and took the set by double break of serve by 6-1.

In the third set both guys showed their mental toughness.  Untill Nadal again broke Djokovic to get 4-3 lead and tried to consolidate his break but Djokovic came back strong and broke right back to level the score at 4-4 and then hold his serve at 5-4.  At last this set went into the tie break in which Djokovic dominated and won it by 7-3.  Now it was a five setter marathon, in which Djokovic drew first blood breaking Nadal at first.  But Djokovic broke right back.  Djokovic did not lose heart and broke Nadal again to get 6-5 lead and had a chance to serve for the match.  But King of clay showed an epic display to get the break back.  Now Nadal was leading by 8-7 and tired Djokovic was serving to stay in the match.  He missed one smash on very first point and lost his concentration.  Nadal took advantage and broke his serve for love to win a match which lasted for 4 hours and 37 minutes.

A Great Sportsmanship