The scores say one thing, but the stats speak a different story. Djokovic had four aces to Nadal's two here, and had 70% of his first serves in. Crucial errors and a few 'too-cute' shots have let him down today.
We'd also like to take a look back at what's bothering Novak Djokovic - motivation, disinterest, what?
A backhand passing shot from Nadal and Djokovic utterly misses that volley! Despite a last-minute fight back - in what would be the FINAL GAME of the match, Djokovic has lost!
Djokovic has fought back and how! He's helped along by quite the unforced error from Rafael Nadal, and now he's about to break at what would otherwise have been match point for Nadal.
Djokovic tries a bit of a fun riffing a shot under his foot. The follow-up is great - and Djokovic runs off to deuce! Is there still some juice left in the tank?
Nadal's groundstrokes lay flat and low and Djokovic looks good to start with - but angles it just wrong, and Nadal's up 30-15 and inching closer and closer to match point.
Djokovic holds on. He's kind of like a flickering light today, bright and incredibly so at a few moments and dim and dulled the next. It's impossible to tell.
Djokovic tries a fancy drop shot against Nadal - and it's not a bad shot at all! There's some beautiful gentle wrist motion in there, but Nadal runs into the net and nudges it right back there. No chance of a return. And Nadal's racing to yet another break point...
And that switch seems to have dimmed slightly for Djokovic again. He tries to get adventurous with a drop shot and some wristwork at the net and it's not paid off. At all.
Suddenly a switch has flipped in Novak Djokovic. He battles back to send some brilliant returns placed with force and still, the deftest touch. He wins the break back! 2-2 in the second.
Some sort of touch to the World No. 2's shots now with a bit more shoulder in them, but he's still trailing 2-1 in the second, and down a break of serve.
Nadal holds for a 2-0 lead in the second. Djokovic looks a tad more interested in this set than the first - but that's not saying much and Nadal is in the form of his life. We repeat. The form of his life.
VAMOS! Even if you're not necessarily a Rafa supporter, that shot was sublime and you can't help but cheer. A no-look backhand. Perfectly placed. 30-30 and Nadal's in the driver's seat and going at Formula One speed.
Nadal sends one in deftly at the net. It bounces, and on a good day I'm sure Djokovic would have returned that one. But today he just seems to not be as invested in this match as he has been in the past.
His passing shots are going out wide, way, way off the mark. One might expect this level of tennis from a lower-level player - hardly a world no 1, and hardly one of the caliber of Djokovic.
Djokovic tries something adventurous (?) with that backhand. It's loopy and wide and Djokovic looks downright disinterested in this match, if we may say so.
Djokovic isn't unfit physically - far from it! But the Serbian, who's recently fired his entire coaching staff - including Marian Vajda, his longtime coach, who worked alongside former No. 1 Boris Becker during the German's stint.
Another ace from Nadal. Absolutely unreturnable. He has Djokovic scampering all over the court - and there's absolutely no end in sight to Nadal's utter annihilation.
5 Backhand Unforced Errors for Novak Djokovic. He was leading 40-0 in this game but a couple of shots out wide and loopy have sent this one to deuce. Not looking great from the World No. 2.
Things not going really great for Djokovic on serve here, with Nadal following that service hold up with a break to 15. It's early days but looking rather one-sided ...
Nadal then holds his own service game, but it's not as easy, with Djokovic committing an unforced error but managing to take it to deuce. A brilliant shot seals that however, for the Spaniard.
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