Italian Open 2014

[djarvik]

[Ali-Iqb93]

Murray playing excellent tennis 5-0 1st set

[Corbon]

6-1 3-5 now

Even sets. Nadal kept attacking the net in set 2, 12/12 net points alone.

[Ali-Iqb93]

Great match.. Shame Murray was unable to hold after breaking nadal. After today's match I think nadal is back at his best. There's nothing stopping him from winning french, although novak might be an exception

[R0CK GAMER]

Rafa up to a great start! this is what we like to see.
I see this going straight sets, but i wouldn't count Baby Fed out!

[Corbon]

This will most likely go to a 3rd set. Nole is totally in command now.

At 2-0 and break point Nole hit a return just wide that would have given him a double break lead in the decider. Guess what, it's 3-3 now.

Well 5-3 for Nole now. And Nole wins with some exceptional returns.

[Lucian86]

Good win for Novak. He's 12-6 against Rafa (3-3 in the GS though) since his 2011 outburst.

I still favour Rafa to win RG for two reasons:
- until proven otherwise, Rafa is still more consistent on 3/5 at RG (and still at least as good in the other majors)
- Djokovic has bigger chances to loose against another opponent until the final (Wawrinka, Nishikori, Federer or Tsonga can do it)