Paris, November 14, 2009
Rafa Nadal’s exciting run at the Paris Masters Series Tournament has sadly come to an end after a straight set loss, 6-2, 6-3 to Serbian Novak Djokovic on Saturday afternoon.
The world No.2 got off to an impressive start in the very first game of the match when he looked to have secured two break points on Djokovic's serve. However, the Serb correctly challenged an overrule from umpire to ensure the score remained 15-30 and then confidently served out to avoid the threat of a break.
The first four games of the contest went with serve, but Djokovic then raised his level to streak into the ascendancy as he won seven straight games to take the first set 6-2 and move into a commanding lead in the second.
Rafa remained as tenacious as ever in defence and tirelessly chased around at the back of the court, but he was unable to contend with the accuracy and imagination of his opponent's raking groundstrokes.
The good thing is "I finished this tournament much better than I started...The confidence will not go away because I lost," said Rafa at the end of the match before giving Novak full credit for an incredible victory. "Nobody likes to lose, but you have to be realistic and accept when your opponent is better than you."
"He played extremely well," admitted Rafa. "He played unbelievable, in my opinion. I didn't play bad. That's the truth. But with this level of Novak’s, [it] is very difficult to play at this level, especially [on] this surface. I finish the tournament playing much better than [how] I started [it]."
Vamos Rafa!
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