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Was watching 2015 F after a Long time. Novak of course was fantastic. Out of curiosity watched some parts of 2007 WB F afterwards.
I am biased towards the 2007 match and how Rafael played in it, but I personally really thought that if you count out the slow start, and some not so frequent mishits (prompted more by Federer going deep or shanking up an acute angle) Nadal commanded the baseline more than Djokovic.
Nadal's FH tbh is the key, but it's Nadal's cross court BH which he rips more. TBH, the easy depth that Djokovic gets ,Nadal gets that too. But Djokovic is way more consistent with it.
However Nadal has more pace and better angles tbh. He takes the initiative a bit more.
Tbf, this take in my eyes also has an influence of 2018 WB SF where from baseline I think Rafael outdid Djokovic.(Though of course that Djokovic wasn't close to 2015)
Djokovic was better on Serve and return no doubt.
But from baseline I might lean towards Nadal.
I am biased towards the 2007 match and how Rafael played in it, but I personally really thought that if you count out the slow start, and some not so frequent mishits (prompted more by Federer going deep or shanking up an acute angle) Nadal commanded the baseline more than Djokovic.
Nadal's FH tbh is the key, but it's Nadal's cross court BH which he rips more. TBH, the easy depth that Djokovic gets ,Nadal gets that too. But Djokovic is way more consistent with it.
However Nadal has more pace and better angles tbh. He takes the initiative a bit more.
Tbf, this take in my eyes also has an influence of 2018 WB SF where from baseline I think Rafael outdid Djokovic.(Though of course that Djokovic wasn't close to 2015)
Djokovic was better on Serve and return no doubt.
But from baseline I might lean towards Nadal.