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That's what happened... the match was extremely physical despite the one sided score of the first two sets, and Rafa gave EVERYTHING he possibly could to come back in the 3rd and win the tiebreak. He didn't have anything left in the tank after that.
And after that quick massage Novak came back brand new and blazing, hitting relaxed and making Nadal still cover a ton of court until Rafa's body started to break down. Rafa couldn't keep that rhythm anymore and started to feel his legs... I was afraid he was gonna cramp on court like this again.
Novak was looking as the fitter guy on the finish line. Nadal can't grind his way to victory anymore, even though it may looked like it could work about mid match.
PS: This is NOT a thread to hate on Novak's MTO. If you want, do it somewhere else.
Even if that MTO before Nadal's serve had a bit of gamesmanship on Novak's part, let's not fool ourselves on this.
Our guy Rafito has done it time and again in the past (even this year against Del Potro), and it was all fine, according to his fans, so let's hang in here Okay?
And after that quick massage Novak came back brand new and blazing, hitting relaxed and making Nadal still cover a ton of court until Rafa's body started to break down. Rafa couldn't keep that rhythm anymore and started to feel his legs... I was afraid he was gonna cramp on court like this again.
Novak was looking as the fitter guy on the finish line. Nadal can't grind his way to victory anymore, even though it may looked like it could work about mid match.
PS: This is NOT a thread to hate on Novak's MTO. If you want, do it somewhere else.
Even if that MTO before Nadal's serve had a bit of gamesmanship on Novak's part, let's not fool ourselves on this.
Our guy Rafito has done it time and again in the past (even this year against Del Potro), and it was all fine, according to his fans, so let's hang in here Okay?
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