Vladimir Nardin: Out of habit

Roland Garros -2011 ended with the victory of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a male single discharge. In the final of the decisive match, the king of soil coatings defeated his eternal rival, Swiss Roger Federer and became a six -time winner of the open championship of France.

The once invincible Federer was able to put a worthy resistance, moreover, it was he who initially led the game, forcing the opponent to make mistakes periodically. In the first set, Roger managed to take the rival’s feed, and taking into account his victorious game, to secure a relatively comfortable advantage in the account.

The habitually impulsive nadal at that time was the image of a phlegmatic guy who did not react to the events taking place around.

But Rafael’s game went, and the opponent “hooked”, and a hero of a fundamentally different nature appeared before us, which he celebrates each of his success violently. The fate of the first batch was in Federer’s hands, with a score of 5: 3 in his favor, he submitted to the set, but Nadal was able to make a break, and then take a game on his submission. In this game segment it was no longer stopped - 7: 5.

In the second and third parties there was an equal struggle, though they ended with different outcomes. In the second set, Nadal pulled out the victory in the Tai-Break-7: 6 (7: 3), and in the third, the final advanced was on the side of Federer-7: 5.

Rafael Nadal. Photo: Johanlb, Flickr.com

Fans of the game of the Swiss tennis player had the hope that the third party became a turning point, and the idol itself will be able to consolidate its success. In addition, in the first game of the fourth set, Federer led 40: 0 on the rival’s presentation. Nadal had his own personal opinion on such a development, which he expressed by actions on the court. Five balls won in a row allowed the Spaniard to take this game. Federer soon played the score in the set, but then he made a number of unforgivable (all the more so) errors, and in the future was not able to at least somehow interfere with the triumph.

Now Rafael Nadal is a six -time winner of Roland Garros,

And he won Wimbledon twice and once - Australian Open and US Open.

It was the 25th meeting of Nadal and Federer in the framework of official tournaments, the advantage of victories here is notable for the Spanish tennis player-17-8 (of which 12-2-2 in matches on the ground cover). Federer’s last victory over Nadal was dated last November, when the Swiss became the winner of the final of the ATP world tour, winning in the decisive match of Nadal - 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1. And in May 2009, Nadal in the second and last (as of current at the moment) once lost to Roger in the game on the ground coating. The case was in the final of the tournament of the Asia Mastern Asked by Madrid (4: 6, 4: 6).

Returning to Roland Garros -2011, we note that Mikhail Yuzhny achieved the “best” result among Russian tennis players, for which the ceiling was a performance in the third round of the competition. There he was defeated by the Spaniard, though not Rafael Nadal, but Montagnes Albert.

Among the Russians, Maria Sharapova, who reached the semifinals, lasted the longest. There, she lost to the Chinese Lee - the future winner of the tournament. In the final, Lee) outplayed Italian Francesca Skjavone 6: 4, 7: 6.