Tweet
Djokovic ousts Nadal in straight sets
Comment Email Print Share
Reuters
PARIS -- Serbia's Novak Djokovic extended a brilliant run of form by outclassing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the Paris Masters final on Saturday.
World No. 3 Djokovic, who beat world No. 1 Roger Federer in the Basel final last week, will face local favorite Gael Monfils or Czech Radek Stepanek in the final of the last event of the regular season on Sunday.
Complete results
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Results
Nadal, who has not won a title since beating Djokovic in the Rome Masters final last May, will now prepare for the Nov. 22-29 World Tour Finals in London featuring the world's top eight players.
The first set was tight until Djokovic earned three break points in the sixth game, firing a backhand winner on the first.
Nadal kept struggling on his serve and went on to offer his opponent three set points with an unforced error two games later. Djokovic hit a return winner on the first, wrapping up the set in 33 minutes.
The 22-year-old Serb stayed on top in the second set, winning the first two games to love and breaking Nadal in the second with a forehand winner.
Nadal, who won the French Open four times on the other side but never this indoor event, could not recover and a near-faultless Djokovic remained in charge until sealing victory with a superb forehand on the first match point after just 76 minutes.
Comment Email Print Share
Reuters
PARIS -- Serbia's Novak Djokovic extended a brilliant run of form by outclassing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the Paris Masters final on Saturday.
World No. 3 Djokovic, who beat world No. 1 Roger Federer in the Basel final last week, will face local favorite Gael Monfils or Czech Radek Stepanek in the final of the last event of the regular season on Sunday.
Complete results
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Results
Nadal, who has not won a title since beating Djokovic in the Rome Masters final last May, will now prepare for the Nov. 22-29 World Tour Finals in London featuring the world's top eight players.
The first set was tight until Djokovic earned three break points in the sixth game, firing a backhand winner on the first.
Nadal kept struggling on his serve and went on to offer his opponent three set points with an unforced error two games later. Djokovic hit a return winner on the first, wrapping up the set in 33 minutes.
The 22-year-old Serb stayed on top in the second set, winning the first two games to love and breaking Nadal in the second with a forehand winner.
Nadal, who won the French Open four times on the other side but never this indoor event, could not recover and a near-faultless Djokovic remained in charge until sealing victory with a superb forehand on the first match point after just 76 minutes.
Comment