Roger Federer dominated tennis in the 2000s. And after Rafael Nadal’s appearance in 2005, the Spaniard dominated the clay and ultimately racked up a streak of 81 clay court victories over three years.
But it was Federer who ended the 81-match winning streak on clay in 2007. Rafael Nadal’s impressive 81-match win streak From the 2005 Monte-Carlo Masters to the 2007 Hamburg final, Nadal had an 81-match win streak in clay.
That’s the longest winning streak on any surface in the Open Era. And spectacularly, that winning streak came to an end. During the streak, Nadal won 15 clay-court titles, including two French Open titles.
And on numerous occasions, he defeated Federer in the final of these events. Before the 2007 Hamburg final, Federer had faced Nadal five times on clay, losing all five. But the 2007 season was different for Federer, he was in his prime.
In 2006 he had won 92 games and had only lost five games. He was having a similar season in 2007. Federer reached the 2007 Hamburg final with a win-loss record of 23-4 and two title wins.
Roger Federer’s dominant victory over Rafael Nadal The match had started with the same rhetoric of Nadal swiftly passing Federer. But Federer had other ideas. The first set was difficult for Federer as he took time to get used to the clay court.
Nadal had taken an easy 6-2 lead in the match. In the second set, Federer served differently. And their returns were brilliant. Nadal always aimed at Federer’s weak backhand, but that day the Swiss master’s backhand flowed.
Federer turned the tide completely and took the second set, 6-2. Later, Federer did the unthinkable of putting Nadal on clay. Federer remains one of the few people to give Nadal a bagel on clay.
And with the victory in the third set, Federer snapped Nadal’s 81-game win streak on clay. After the match, Federer was delighted to have won his first clay court title since 2005.
He was happy with his return and his service and praised Nadal’s incredible winning streak that ended. “It was an incredible performance on my part. I had a great day; it’s good to play well again.
It’s my first clay court title in a couple of years. He was dictating game. His streak was phenomenal: 81 matches in a row on clay is fantastic. Federer said. Rafael Nadal’s rematch at Wimbledon 2008 And Nadal, as always, had no regrets.
He praised Federer as the best in the world and claimed that if anyone had to break the streak, it had to be Federer. “If I have to lose to someone, then he is the man. I am not saddened to lose to the best in the world “
Nadal said. However, the FEDAL rivalry continued further and Nadal returned the favor to Federer. A year later, in 2008, Nadal snapped Federer’s 65-game winning streak on grass.
Nadal had defeated Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon final marathon to end the streak. Federer was undefeated from the 2003 Halle Open until the 2008 Wimbledon final.
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