World No.2, Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-0 in just1 hour and 10 minutes to claim his fifth Rogers Cup title at the Montreal Open 2019. With this victory, the 18-time Grand Slam Champion defended his first-ever non-clay court title.
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After two rain-hit days in Montreal, the finals between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev was set to get underway on schedule. The two promised a competitive tennis match and the first game itself saw some long rallies coming into the match.
Daniil Medvedev warned Rafael Nadal about his capabilities in the opening game as he earned a breakpoint but the Spaniard held his serve to deny early lead for the Russian. The two held their serve quite comfortably in the next two games before Nadal broke the 23-year-old in the fourth game of the first set.
Some wonderful hands at the net helped Nadal to earn two break points at 15-40. However, Daniil Medvedev banged down an ace to erase the first breakpoint, but then double faults to give up his serve as Nadal gets a lead of 3-1. It was just the fourth time when the Russian was broken this week.
The two held their serves till the end of the set with the defending champion in full control as he edged ever closer to win his fifth title in Canada, claiming the first set 6-3.
Nadal 6-3. Tough first game and then controlled the set. Medvedev has no chance if Rafa is the best server of this match up.
Rafael Nadal is firing on all cylinders right now. A set away from his fifth Rogers Cup title, from defending a hard-court, Masters Series title for the first time in his career.
In the city of the Expos, Medvedev looks exposed. #Montreal #CoupeRogers
Nadal is 38-1 after winning the first set in 2019. He is also up a break in the 2nd already
The wind was certainly nasty but Nadal dealt with perfectly with some incredible footwork, accepting it and just and getting on with it. While on the other hand, Daniil Medvedev looked quite uncomfortable with the wind.
In the second set, Rafael Nadal broke thrice to bagel Daniil Medvedev and defend his Canadian Open title quite successfully. Twitter reacts as the world No.2 conquers his record 35th ATP Masters 1000 title, extending his all-time lead over the world No.1, Novak Djokovic.
Daniil Medvedev has no answer for the game Rafael Nadal has brought to the court today. He's getting smoked.
https://twitter.com/salimvalji/status/1160664096251031555?s=19
Jugadores con más Masters 1000 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal - 35 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic - 33 🇨🇭Roger Federer - 28 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi - 17 🇬🇧 Andy Murray - 14 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras - 11 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster - 8 🇺🇸 Michael Chang - 7
The moment @RafaelNadal defeated Daniil Medvedev to win his FIFTH #CoupeRogers title! 👏
Defeating 🇷🇺 Daniil #Medvedev at @CoupeRogers 🇪🇸 Rafael #Nadal collects his 381st ATP Masters 1000 winnning match #CoupeRogers #CoupeRogers2019
Rafael Nadal now trails Ivan Lendl by one title for most in the history of the Canadian Opens. He passes breaks a tie for second with Novak Djokovic, who has four. Lendl had 4 MTL and 2 TOR, Nadal has 3 MTL and 2 TOR #CoupeRogers
Winning at @CoupeRogers 🇪🇸 Rafael #Nadal extends to 5235 days his personal timespan between 1st and last title in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments #CoupeRogers #CoupeRogers2019
Son şampiyon yine şampiyon! 🔥Rafael #Nadal, Daniil #Medvedev’i 6-3, 6-0 yenerek 5. #CoupeRogers kupasını kazandı. 👏🏻🏆 #CanadaOpen (🎥 @TennisTV)
In four finals this year, three of them victorious, Rafael Nadal has won a set 6-0 twice. The other was over Novak Djokovic in Rome. It's the third time in his career (2005, 2010) that he won at least two bagel sets in finals in a single season #CoupeRogers #RafaFacts
El español @RafaelNadal ganó 2-0 a @DaniilMedwed en la final del @CoupeRogers Palmarés del ATP de #Montreal I. Lendl 6 🇺🇸 RAFAEL NADAL 5 🇪🇸 N. Djokovic 4 🇷🇸 A. Agassi 3 🇺🇸 A. Murray 3 🇬🇸
https://twitter.com/TennisMedia_/status/1160667550369243136?s=19
35.kez Masters 1000 ; 5.kez #RogersCup şampiyonu Rafael Nadal 😂
Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸🏆/@RafaelNadal /(🎥@TennisTV)#CoupeRogers
Rafael Nadal results at US Open the same year he wins in Canada: 2005: 3R (l. to James Blake) 2008: SF (l. to Murray) 2013: Champion (d. Djokovic) 2018: SF (l. to Del Potro via retirement) 2019: ......... #CoupeRogers #USOpen #USOpen2019 #RafaFacts
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All-time ATP Masters 1000 title standings... 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal 35 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic 33 🇨🇭 Roger Federer 28 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi 17 🇬🇧 Andy Murray 14 The sweet taste of success 🥰