China Open Final: Djokovic v Nadal

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No1e destroyed Rafa and in the most of points I had impression he could do with the ball whatever he wanted. No wonder Rafa gave up running after some balls in the second set. I enjoyed the match so much.
 

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I only watch the first set, and a bit of the second, but there was some very good work from Nadal.  As I said earlier, their levels were vastly different, so Nadal was never going to win, but is anyone willing to say that it was more interesting than the scoreline?
 

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8017 said:
I only watch the first set, and a bit of the second, but there was some very good work from Nadal. As I said earlier, their levels were vastly different, so Nadal was never going to win, but is anyone willing to say that it was more interesting than the scoreline?

Yeah, I agree with you, and I stated that the quality of Rafa's game on hardcourts this year, was perhaps better than anywhere else.  I think what did him in set # 1 was losing his serve for the 2nd time after he was up 40:0, that is kind of hard to recover from.  If he were able to hold then, it would have been only 1 break of serve difference and who knows how the first set would have played out.
 

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8017 said:
I only watch the first set, and a bit of the second, but there was some very good work from Nadal. As I said earlier, their levels were vastly different, so Nadal was never going to win, but is anyone willing to say that it was more interesting than the scoreline?

The first set was more interesting than the scoreline... I don't think the second one was.