Sod took five sets to defeat Big Berd as fuzz littered the red clay (6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-3). The statistical difference seems to be that Sod got more of his first serves in, where it was more likely that he would win the point. It was pretty obvious that Berd lost his legs in the fifth set as he could not put in a first serve in his last two service games.
As would be expected from two big hitters, the unforced error count and winner count was high.
Soderling
Berdych
Unforced Errors
63
41
Winners
62
42
1st Serve %
91/145 (63%)
75/150 (50%)
Aces
18
21
DF
8
5
1st Serve % Pts Won
69/91 (76%)
56/75 (75%)
2nd Serve % Pts Won
27/46 (59%)
35/70 (50%)
Break Points Won
6/13 (46%)
4/12 (33%)
Net Approaches
12/17 (71%)
4/10 (40%)
Total Receiving Points Won
59/150 (39%)
49/145 (34%)
Total Service Points Won
96/145 (61%)
91/150 (66%)
Total Points Won
155/295 (52%)
140/295 (48%)
As expected, Nadal cruised over Melzer (6-2 6-3 7-6 [6]).
It's fairly obvious from the stats that Rafa was all over Melzer's serve and that Melzer could not get much of a toehold into Rafa's serve.
Melzer
Nadal
Unforced Errors
32
24
Winners
29
37
1st Serve %
72/99 (73%)
65/85 (76%)
Aces
3
4
DF
2
4
1st Serve % Pts Won
41/72 (57%)
49/65 (75%)
2nd Serve % Pts Won
10/25 (40%)
11/16 (69%)
Break Points Won
2/3 (67%)
5/8 (63%)
Net Approaches
19/35 (54%)
13/19 (68%)
Total Receiving Points Won
25/85 (29%)
48/99 (48%)
Total Service Points Won
51/99 (52%)
60/85 (71%)
Total Points Won
76/184 (42%)
108/184 (58%)
From the way Rafa has been playing, the only question is how long Sod can slow him down from walking away with the La Coupe des Mousquetaires.
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