TENNIS Live

Rome Masters - Final - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
N Djokovic466--
SwitzerlandS Wawrinka633--

Stanislas Wawrinka

Nationality SUI
Date of Birth 28/03/1985
Height 1.83 m
Weight 78 kg
ATP Ranking 10
Player Info Right-handed

Novak Djokovic

Nationality SRB
Date of Birth 22/05/1987
Height 1.88 m
Weight 74 kg
ATP Ranking 3
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
 

Live Comments

  1. 6-3 - Another long baseline rally results in another unforced forehand error by Wawrinka and another CHAMPIONSHIP POINT for Novak Djokovic, and this time he takes it with a glorious forehand winner into the far Ad corner! The Australian Open takes the 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory and his tenth career ATP title.

  2. 40-40 - Djokovic books his first CHAMPIONSHIP POINT on his rival's serve, pressing Wawrinka into the backhand error and the Swiss saves with a service winner. DEUCE.

  3. 5-3 - Djokovic belts a forehand winner down the line to get to 40-0 and seems frustrated with himself out there despite easily wrapping up the hold to 15 to move within one game of a fourth career Masters shield and first on clay.

  4. 4-3 - Wawrinka stays in touch, wrapping up the hold with a fine service winner out wide.

  5. 40-40 - Djokovic, wanting to put Wawrinka out of his misery, easily reaches a drop shot and drills the backhand winner down the line to get to BREAK POINT..... But the Serbian shanks the forehand error out to let the Swiss have another DEUCE.

  6. 40-40 - A string of errors from the Swiss allow Djokovic to come back from 40-0 down to DEUCE.

  7. 4-2 - Djokovic confirms the LOVE-Service game with a casual drop shot for the winner. If this keeps up the title belongs to him.

  8. 3-2 - Stan holds to LOVE himself and stays in touch. The Swiss will receive some back treatment during the change-over, however.

  9. 3-1 - Djokovic holds to LOVE to stretch his lead.

  10. 2-1 - And Wawrinka comes back with his own hold of serve to 30 to get on the scoreboard in this third set.

  11. 2-0 - Djokovic confirms the break with a good hold of serve.

  12. 1-0 - Djokovic puts enormous pressure on Wawrinka in this opening game of the third set, and ultimately breaks serve after a 20#plus; ball rally results in an unforced forehand error by the Swiss! The Serbian, doing his thing and just grinding his rival down, leads the third set by a break of serve.

  13. 6-3 - Serve-volley-and-SMASH! The Serbian super-fans go nuts, as Novak Djokovic wraps up the hold to 15 to send us to a third set.

  14. 5-3 - An amazing backhand volley by Wawrinka helps him back from 0-30 down to 30-30. The Swiss ultimately holds to 30, but Novak Djokovic will serve for this second set!

  15. 5-2 - And the Serbian confirms the hold with a spectacular shoe-string volley for the drop shot winner and then a service winner. One game away from sending us to a third set.

  16. 40-40 - An incredibly determined looking Djokovic comes from 30-0 down on his serve to get to DEUCE.

  17. 4-2 - Djokovic breaks to 15! The Australian Open champion pressing his rival into error after error, has shifted the course of this match - perhaps irreversibly.

  18. 3-2 - Another comfortable hold to 15 for the world number three.

  19. 2-2 - Another strong hold for the Djoker, as both men are looking formidable on serve in this second set.

  20. 2-1 - Djokovic blasts a gorgeous forehand winner down the line to confirm the LOVE-Service game.

  21. 1-1 - Wawrinka comes up with his own hold to 15.

  22. 1-0 - Despite some good play from the Swiss, Djokovic starts this second set very well wrapping up a hold to 15 with a fine service winner out wide.

  23. 4-6 - Stan-the-Man looking more and more like the man, doing beautifully to wrong-foot his rival with a forehand to get to 30-30 and then grabbing a SET POINT thanks to a careless forehand error from the Serbian.... And Wawrinka confirms an incredible opening set 6-4 and looks headed for another major upset in Rome!

  24. 4-5 - Djokovic rushes through his own LOVE-Service game, but Wawrinka will serve for the opening set.

  25. 3-5 - The serve-and-volley is unnecessary for Wawrinka, as Djokovic sends the return well long. A LOVE-Service game for the Swiss moves him within one game of taking this opening set.

  26. 3-4 - Djokovic holds to stay in touch.

  27. 40-40 - Two more BREAK POINT chances for Stanislas Wawrinka, who is looking in imposing form! Remember, if Novak Djokovic wins this title and then does so again next week, he will overtake the longstanding world number two Rafael Nadal as the second best player in the ATP rankings. The 20-year-old Serbian shows the tenacity that has helped him to such a high point so early in his young career, and saves both to get back to DEUCE.

  28. 2-4 - The chip-and-charge works to great effect for the Swiss, who stretches his lead to 4-2 confirming the hold to DEUCE with his first ace of the match.

  29. 2-3 - Wawrinka is the first to cause some real worries for the world number three setting up BREAK POINT, and Djokovic's serve-and-charge attempt fails miserably as the Swiss number two finds the open space with a brilliant forehand pass to strike first with an early break of serve!

  30. 2-2 - Stanislas rushes through his own hold to LOVE.

  31. 2-1 - A very easy LOVE-Service game for the heavy favourite, Novak Djokovic.

  32. 1-1 - And Stan the Man opens up with a strong hold to 30. Wawrinka beat Andy Murray, James Blake, and Juan Carlos Ferrero on his way to this final and was handed a place in the last round when Andy Roddick withdrew from yesterday's semi-finals injured.

  33. 1-0 - We've started a bit early in Rome, as Djokovic has easily held his opening service game.

ATP Race 2008

Points
1 Rafael Nadal 755 up
2 Novak Djokovic 642 down
3 Roger Federer 545 stay
4 Nikolay Davydenko 370 stay
5 David Ferrer 284 up
6 Andy Roddick 233 down
7 Nicolas Almagro 231 up
8 James Blake 209 down
9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 200 down
10 Stanislas Wawrinka 191 up

Full Table »