2. It was a ‘perfect match’
The stats along highlights just how decisive Djokovic’s win over Nadal was. Throughout the 124-minute encounter, he dropped ten points behind his first serve and three behind his second. Hitting 34 winners to nine unforced errors and converting five out of his eight break point chances. Leaving a disappointed Nadal left to review what went wrong for him.
“It ranks right at the top. Under the circumstances, playing against Nadal, such an important match, it’s amazing.” Djokovic replied when asked if it was his best grand slam performance. “ I think I made 15 unforced errors in total in two matches, it’s quite pleasantly surprising to myself, as well, even though I always believe I can play this way, visualize myself playing this way. At this level, under the circumstances, it was truly a perfect match.”
In terms of games won, this was the most one-sided match played between the two in a grand slam yet. Excluding the two encounters that ended in retirement. Overall, they have now played each other 15 times in a grand slam tournament. Djokovic now leads their head-to-head on the tour 28-25.
“The energy and power he puts into his shots is really intimidating from the first point in the match. But that makes you be more alert.” The world No.1 said of Nadal.
“I was expecting that. So knowing that coming into the match made me even more ready to start off well.”
