It was sunny afternoon and an ideal weather for the finals of Indian Open Tennis tournament.It was full house stadium to see the clash of former world number 1 Rafael Nada and 1 grand slam champion Juan Martin Del Potro. Rafael Nadal was playing in 3rd consecutive final after returning from the knee injury which has kept him away from the tennis court for almost 7months. After defeating T. Berdych he was looking in the best of his shape and form. Del Potro defeated current world no.1 Djokovic in semis so he was looking in the best rhythm as well. Before this they played each other 10 times out of which Nadal won 7 times while 3 times it was Del Potro.
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| Rafael Nadal And Juan Martin Del Potro before the start of final match. |
Set-1
As the game started from the very first serve Rafa started making an impact with his powerful forehand and beautiful backhands and he was leading 1-0. In next game he broke the service of Argentine the score became 2-0. Nadal quickly made it 3-0 in his favor and it was looking as if he is going to finish it in no time. But, from there onwards, Del Potro’s forehand came too handy for the Spanish and he started committing mistakes. Quickly the score became from 3-0 in Nadal’s favor to 3-3. Del Potro didn’t took too long to make it 4-6 and won the first set convincingly. In this set Rafa could win only 1 break point out of 6 while Del Potro won 2 out of 2. 2 Aces were shot by Del Potro but none from the Nadal. But , it was Incredible game of tennis from JM Del Potro.
In 2nd set too the story started in same fashion and the score line quickly became 0-2 in the Del Potro’s favor. But, from right this point Nadal started controlling his aggression and game quickly it was visible in his game as well. The score became 3-3 from 0-2 in the favor of Spanish. Because Del Potro is very strong on Forehand so Nadal started exploiting the weak link i.e., Backhand of opponent. Suddenly it was the reversal of first set and Nadal won this set by 6-3 and that’s what you expect from the Nadal. He show a glimpse of his best form.
Set-3
It was 1 set each to both them so it was third set to decide the winner. In this, Juan started beautifully and he was 0-1 up. Nadal made it 1-1 and quickly 2-1 as he broke the serve of Argentinean and he was leading with 3-1. But he tried to fight against the Rafael but Nadal continued playing the dominant game and suddenly he was leading with the score line of 5-3. Finally the set won by the Rafael Nadal with 6-4 and also the match with 4-6, 6-3,6-4. With this win Rafa became the Indian Wells champion for the 3rd time in his career. He lied on the court as Del Potro‘s return went outside the court, and also took a jump on his Coaching and support staff.
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| Rafael Nadal giving his traditional bite to India Open Trophy |
Well, Rafa is back in ruling business !
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