Nadal achieves the Tenth in Rome

Rafael Nadal is still the king of the land and the emperor of Rome. The Manacornse met Novak Djokovic in the reissue of the last Roland Garros final, and he did so with an epic victory (7-5, 1-6, 6-3) in one of the best matches of the year. Nadal knew how to suffer the attacks of the Serbian at the beginning of the first set and survived after the display of the number one of the second. Crouching, competing, waiting for his moment, the man from Manacor ended up taking the cat into the water… and his tenth title at the Foro Italico. Rome had earned the privilege of having the final desired by all tournaments. Nadal and Djokovic, the old men, as Nole himself had described the couple, would live their first match of the year at the Foro Italico, again on clay as in their last precedent. The final of Roland Garros drew the last appointment between two of the greatest in history and in the Eternal City the winner would be elucidated in the 57th duel between the two. Almost nothing. On the physical level, Nadal had a slight advantage despite the knockout in the round of 16 against Shapovalov. Djokovic had played five sets on Saturday, all of them with maximum tension to get rid of Tsitsipas and Sonego. The manacorense had a wild card to use, which added to the mental battle, even with the sweep in the final of Roland Garros last October.Before getting into the matter, Rafa and Nole warmed up, concentrated and checking that the ground del Campo Centrale was ready, although slow due to the cloudy day, which also favored Nadal. Everything was good news a priori for the manacorense, who, on the other hand, was cautious and prepared to fight from the first minute.A meteoric start was expected from Djokovic, looking to get ahead and thus decant the game while he had strength left. Said and done, the Balkan maintained his service with sufficiency and in the second, kilometer-long game, he broke Nadal’s, which began by getting things complicated, and it is not the first time in recent weeks, however, Nadal does anything. an apprenticeship and has made comebacks his territory. Rafa had to react and he did it at the right moment, with hardly any time for Djokovic to celebrate the break. The counterbreak was a reality, before giving way to one of the most even moments of the match, with details that always fell on the side of the server. Rafa hits, Novak reacts Neither Nadal nor Nole managed to break the rival resistance and the end was assured of heart attack. The most patient, the most successful, or the leader in both facets would take the jack to the water, and as almost always in a match on clay, the balance fell on Nadal’s side. The man from Manacor, who had previously fallen but to the ground, due to the poor condition of the track lines, focused his anger on holding Djokovic with his right hand and ended the first set with a decisive break. Half the job was done but the Spaniard had to keep rowing at the same pace if he wanted to claim his second title of the season. At this point in the film, Djokovic was not going to give in by losing a set, but was going to strike a blow at the match that Nadal had to resist again. The script of the first set was repeated with nuances. The first to get ahead was the Serbian, although in the second turn of serves, and this time Rafa was not going to get up.Nadal rises to win After 1-1, the world number one endorsed a 5-0 partial to the king of the earth, sending the match to the third set, which he arrived with renewed spirits and with Rafa hit by the beating of the second. The alternations continued and the clock already marked two hours of the game. The champion was to be decided in an epic battle in the third. The level was outstanding by both contenders, despite the damp and cloudy conditions in Rome, but Rafa, as always, has one more point. Surviving with his serve and doing more and more to the rest, Nadal was feeling better and better and in the sixth game, he gave the first lunge to the set with a break, incontestable, blank, that allowed him to caress his tenth title in Rome. his best version in concentration and tennis, and nothing was going to stop him. Djokovic’s attempts were in vain against an opponent in a trance, especially with the right. Nadal had won nine times in Rome, which is already ten after a masterful closing for an epic battle. A man and a mission turned into a goal accomplished. Rafa X from Rome.