Nishikori and Djokovic in a hell of a tussle. Nishikori took the opener 6-2, but Djokovic has just taken the second 6-4, finally breaking on his 10th(!) break point of the match.
Novak looked to be struggling physically in the first set, but as he so often does, seems to have gotten stronger the longer the match has gone on.
Djokovic it is. After a gruelling 3 hours the Serb prevails 7-5 in a final set breaker, having won just 1 point more over the course of the match (112/111)
Nishikori and Djokovic in a hell of a tussle. Nishikori took the opener 6-2, but Djokovic has just taken the second 6-4, finally breaking on his 10th(!) break point of the match.
Novak looked to be struggling physically in the first set, but as he so often does, seems to have gotten stronger the longer the match has gone on.
From what I saw, he went to bash the clay off the bottom of his shoe, missed and smashed his ankle with his racket instead. I was bad enough to draw blood and force a medical timout.
If you add together the last game of last week's final and Nole's first service game this week, that's 10 BPs in a row that Andy hasn't been able to convert. Hope it's not in his head. The one he missed off the Djokovic drop shot was a biggy.