Breaking down the 2010 Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles Final Between No. 12 Tomas Berdych and No. 2 Rafael Nadal.
Wimbledon Final: No. 2 Rafael Nadal Wins Second Set 7-5, Leads Two Sets To None Over No. 12 Tomas Berdych
There’s a saying in tennis that 7-5 sets are always mental, and this one certainly seemed to be that way.
After 11 straight holds, Tomas Berdych completely folded in the twelfth game of the second set. Serving at 5-6 to force a tiebreaker, Berdych couldn’t win a set, with wild unforced errors off his normally dominant forehand proving to be his undoing.
Read Article >Wimbledon Final: Rafael Nadal Wins Four Straight Games To Take First Set, 6-3
After six straight holds to open the match, Rafael Nadal broke Tomas Berdych in consecutive service games to take the first set 6-3.
Berdych came out of the gate serving extremely well, but nerves seemed to creep into his game late in the set, perhaps when the enormity of this stage sunk in.
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