Nadal crushes Djokovic executioner
In old age, smallpox. Or so he must have thought Melzer before jumping to the track to Nadal, a player much more experienced than him in great battles, champion in Paris and the Austrian far superior on clay. Bizarrely, prudent and paid out very expensive.
As if his epic five-set victory in the quarter-final against Novak Djokovic had given him a magic formula, the Viennese played played slow, quiet, without haste, without much risk and perhaps thinking he had a long match ahead.
Nadal barely disturbed, mainly because they felt pressured and smugly dominated all facets of the game. So much so that when you close the game was let go caught by the absence of poise and rhythm of grief that he died without a struggle.
It was then when he woke up the player Central: dying for the rest, with two sets down and 5-4 for Rafa. Melzer found dismasted dominant rights to David Ferrer in three sets in the third round, the left impossible to bow to world number three and two days before the remains millimeter to the bottom line of a player who had earned the right to be The big surprise of the tournament.
Nadal took the tie break for the first time throughout the match was the player Balearic concerned and to the best of himself. Although the attempt to Jurgen was insufficient and came too late. Rafa was able to alleviate the situation by doing what he does best, set in the crucial moments, to end the game and an appointment with Robin Soderling. A rival to the injured lost a year ago in Paris, where he started the beginning of the end of his reign in the ATP. This coming Sunday, Rafa returns to Roland Garros final to claim his throne.