No doubt, I wonder if Roger was fatigued physically; more-so mentally I would think. Nadal plays every point like it's his last, and he is one well conditioned beast on court.
I'm not trying to take away his victory at all, I'm just saying Nadal is in his head so much that Roger makes amatuerish mistakes on shots he's known to be a master at. He was relying too much on his serve and that was actually horrible at times. I couldn't believe he made it to the 4th set.
I knew whoever lost their service games in those last few games would lose, and I thought it would be Fed, as he was barely winning his. And he just got beat, though I still say he wasn't his best. But he was playing his best all through the tourny, and starts freezing now with Nadal. That mental edge is with Nadal.
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