Rafael Nadal defeats Richard Gasquet in straight
sets to face Novak Djokovic for the 37th time
Nadal was looking to keep his undefeated
record at Hard Court after 20th straight victories, the Spanish had
been also able to hold all his service games in this US Open in the first five
games. Everything seems to be working in Nadal’s game, backhand has been very
deep and aggressive, serve at great level, net-play very efficient and of
course his outstanding forehand.
Gasquet came to this meeting after two exhaustive
matches against Raonic and Ferrer and he trying to end a 10 victories streak from
Rafa. Richard fired 52 winners
against Ferrer and was playing just his second career semi-final.
The first set was a very close one, both
players had a break point chance but it was Nadal who took advantage of his opportunity
to claim the first one by 6 – 4.
After 73 straight holds of serve, Nadal
lost his serve for the first time on this US Open, but despite that the Spanish
proved to be once again the strongest player and the second set was also won by
the 8 times Roland Garros champion in the tie break.
Gasquet didn’t had anything left in the
third one and when serving at 2 – 5 to stay in the match with 30 – 30, the
French made two double faults to give Nadal the chance to fight for his second
US Open title
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