Arrive at Roland Garros as the top favorite · Super Federer in straight sets · It takes a rematch of last year
Rafa Nadal showed once again that is number one on the ground. The Spaniard beat Federer (6-4, 7-6) to tirunfar in the Magic Box and win the 1000 Masters third consecutive season and 18th of his career. At the meeting prior to Roland Garros, the world number two displayed his best tennis to keep the appointment Parisian than Federer looked the reverse of the Swiss utmost account the time and less successful than usual. While the reverse side is one of the many strengths of Federer, this time stayed in the net or went for the bottom line of the track. In addition, the service was a finalist in Madrid on other occasions and had to resort more often than normal the second service.
Despite breaking his rival service in the third game, Rafa had to repeat in the seventh because Federer did the same after being behind on the scoreboard. Thinking about not repeating past mistakes, Nadal wanted to take the lead of the game, was more offensive than ever and able to take advantage of unforced errors by the Swiss.
In the last race the script did not change much. First was the world number two broke serve that his opponent, but could not consolidate the break before the game Rafa Federer. Although his game is not the most favorite.
Before the final, Nadal did not want to feel favorites. The height of Madrid and the fact that measured the best player in the world made the Balearic lie down balls out when thinking about a possible winner, but the truth is that all the Magic Box confident than take revenge Manacor last year when Federer took a run to win in Madrid and at Roland Garros for the first time.
From the outset, Nadal went heavily into the game. brilliant, always the Swiss world number one and his repertoire of strokes can leave at any time. Thus forced to decide the clash in the tie break, where even though Federer was clearly ahead on the scoreboard, the Spaniard could get up to go up after the game and enjoy two match points, take advantage of the second and take the applause from the bleachers of the track Manolo Santana.
With Nadal settled back into the world number two, Masters break records in 1000 and again to enjoy their best tennis, Roland Garros promises to be a vibrant event for all tennis fans.