The King of Clay vs the Champion of Grass

& The Winner is...

The Battle of the Surfaces- Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer

As the third set started, Federer was looking to be heading for a victory. The audience could see the dangerous serves he was producing and at one point, he was leading 4-2.

But Rafa came storming back on his favoured surface, caught up with the world #1 & levelled the set at 5-5.

A great forehand gave Nadal the first match point, but a double fault in next point made the score 6-6.

Again a great service earned Nadal a match point, but in next point, Federer hit a splendid shot which again levelled the score 7-7.

But in the end, it was tenacious Spaniard who fought back hard, eventually winning the third set by 7-6(12-10).

In the end, Nadal had won 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.