It's been almost a week since Novak Djokovic was named world number one and celebrated that fact by upsetting the tennis odds to win his first Wimbledon title, and second Grand Slam of the current season. It would therefore appear to be the best time to look back on the reasons lying behind Rafael Nadal's comprehensive defeat at the hands of the Serb.
Since the start of the year, the Wimbledon final was the player's 48th match and it's worth noting the remarkable stat that he has lost just one of those matches. Djokovic had also managed to beat Nadal a total of four times this season prior to their meeting in London, so there were a few who believed fate was working well and truly on his side on a beautiful day in SW19. Nadal, however, has never been an easy opponent, even for players of real class, with the Spaniard the one man in tennis you can bet will never give up a point, so the match had all the makings of a true classic of the modern era.
Taking this into account, it came as a slight shock that Nadal, who had the extra motivation of defending his Wimbledon title, looked so ordinary throughout the first two sets of the match. The slightly excessive fitness regime that the player put himself through after a disappointing couple of results last season has clearly reaped benefits, with the now lean and wiry Djokovic seeming to find it very easy to chase every single ball Nadal hit over the net.
One reason for his success was undoubtedly his athleticism across court and the manner in which he is able to keep running when most men would have flagged, but it was his hitting that really got the crowd gasping in admiration, with the sharpness and accuracy sublime enough to make the crowd gasp in admiration.
For all of the physical prowess about the player at the moment, it is perhaps the confidence that Djokovic exudes which makes him a real weapon on court. After winning last year's Davis Cup tournament for his country in front of a fiercely patriotic crowd and following that up with a dominant win in the Australian Open, he clearly feels that nobody on the men's tennis scene at the moment is good enough to get past him.
Since the start of the year, the Wimbledon final was the player's 48th match and it's worth noting the remarkable stat that he has lost just one of those matches. Djokovic had also managed to beat Nadal a total of four times this season prior to their meeting in London, so there were a few who believed fate was working well and truly on his side on a beautiful day in SW19. Nadal, however, has never been an easy opponent, even for players of real class, with the Spaniard the one man in tennis you can bet will never give up a point, so the match had all the makings of a true classic of the modern era.
Taking this into account, it came as a slight shock that Nadal, who had the extra motivation of defending his Wimbledon title, looked so ordinary throughout the first two sets of the match. The slightly excessive fitness regime that the player put himself through after a disappointing couple of results last season has clearly reaped benefits, with the now lean and wiry Djokovic seeming to find it very easy to chase every single ball Nadal hit over the net.
One reason for his success was undoubtedly his athleticism across court and the manner in which he is able to keep running when most men would have flagged, but it was his hitting that really got the crowd gasping in admiration, with the sharpness and accuracy sublime enough to make the crowd gasp in admiration.
For all of the physical prowess about the player at the moment, it is perhaps the confidence that Djokovic exudes which makes him a real weapon on court. After winning last year's Davis Cup tournament for his country in front of a fiercely patriotic crowd and following that up with a dominant win in the Australian Open, he clearly feels that nobody on the men's tennis scene at the moment is good enough to get past him.
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