Jun 01 2011
Nadal continues to be the one thanks to Federer
Rafael Nadal is imposed on the Scottish Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 and reach the final of Roland Garros for the sixth time in his career. The world number one at the end of the French Open by Roger Federer’s victory over Novak Djokovic, unbeaten this year.
Roger Federer’s victory against Novak Djokovic (7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6) in the semifinals of Roland Garros has been maintaining the world number one Rafael Nadal until the final. The tennis player must win against Federer in the finals to begin next week at the top of the tennis ladder.
“Rafa, this is my birthday, “was expressed by the Swiss tennis player at the end of the match against Djokovic, who was about to be discontinued because of the lack of light.
In his match against Scotland, the first point of the match that Murray raised was one left. It was clear from the beginning what his strategy. Remove from the baseline to avoid exchanges where Nadal is king.
Murray practiced this option throughout the game. Almost always in the left side of the umpire, where the wind came from the front, stopping his momentum and the ball much more numbing. We went mostly well, but Murray should also increase the strength of his game if he wanted to get your left-hander, and break more often, and there he met a real rock for Nadal 15 opportunities to save over 18.
Was met exactly one year after the defeat of Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Australia Open 2010. In those 365 days, never again miss a Grand Slam meeting, which led him to raise Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. In Australia, Nadal had reached the same round in which Andy Murray was felled with a year earlier.
The conquest of the fourth consecutive Grand Slam for Rafael Nadal will not have a bed of roses. The world number one debut against Brazil’s Marcos Daniel. In second round, you might expect Daniel Gimeno-Traver, and in the third round, a rival over Feliciano Lopez or entity as Australia’s John Isner.
The Serbian champions for the first time Davis Cup, was not very original at the time of celebrating a victory, but in the way of carrying it out. Right after the last meeting, and the French still lamentation, the “Plait” improvised a hairdresser in the middle of the track. In view of thousands of fans.
In the last game of the finals, Viktor Troicki beat Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in two hours and thirteen minutes. Serbia began the day with a disadvantage of 1-2 after the victory of France in an epic doubles match, where Michael Llodra and Arnaud Clement were imposed in five sets to Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki.