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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