By 08, many believed that Rafa was ready to become the first Spaniard to win Wimbledon since 1967. 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's singles, 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles, 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's singles qualifying, Nadal outlasts Federer in epic final to halt streak at five, "Wimbledon 2008: John McEnroe hails Rafael Nadal victory as greatest final ever", 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's draws and results, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_Wimbledon_Championships__Men%27s_singles&oldid=1098530882, This page was last edited on 16 July 2022, at 07:42. He was riding a winning streak of 17 matches. The court they were playing on had been a major factor in the evolution of that modern game, as well as the 21st-century golden era in mens tennis that Federer and Nadal had spearheaded. Federer responded with a backhand pass to save the match-point. He had been schooled in the old method, and had served-and-volleyed his way to a win over Pete Sampras on Centre Court in 2001. Nadal rode his streak through the Toronto Masters event in Toronto, Canada. [6], Nadal then returned to the Dubai Open, where he was a former champion. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played the epic Wimbledon 2008 final. Federer and Nadal relive the 2008 Wimbledon final (2:45) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer reminisce on their showdown in the 2008 Wimbledon final, where Nadal lifted the Gentlemen's Singles Trophy for the . Rafael Nadal d. Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7 2008 Wimbledon men's final Few tennis matches have been anticipated as eagerly as the one that was played on July 6, 2008,. Play trailer 1:01 1 Video 3 Photos Documentary Sport The film intertwines Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's lives with their famed 2008 Wimbledon championship - an epic match so close and so reflective of their competitive balance that, in the end, the true winner was the sport itself. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played the epic Wimbledon 2008 final. Each was trying to go against type and do something he hadnt done before: Nadal to win Wimbledon, on the surface least hospitable to his game; Federer, the games great front-runner, to complete a stirring comeback in a Grand Slam final. Nadal defeated Swede Jonas Bjrkman in the second round, before stumbling through his next two matches, beating Kei Nishikori in three sets in the third round and then 6'10 Ivo Karlovi in three tie-break sets in the quarterfinals. Rafael Nadal's win over Roger Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon final proved to be more than an instant classic, a book, a documentary.It, more than any of their other 39 matches, became an enduring . He was operating on the previous years scriptI was operating on a different script. 1 and Nadal No. He was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Ilija Bozoljac. At four hours and 48 minutes, the 2008 final was the longest in Wimbledon history to that point. Nadal had lost the previous two finals to Roger Federer, including the 2007 Wimbledon final, which was considered to be one of the great matches in recent times. In the finals, he avenged his loss the previous year's championship match by beating Roger Federer, 75, 67(3), 63. Nadal entered the Barcelona Open as the top seed for the first time in a tournament that year. Nadal won 76, 63, reaching his third hard-court final of the year. 1 until 2008, when he also won Wimbledon . The 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the men's singles tournament at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. When Nadal landed, flat on his back, at 9:17 P.M., an explosion of flash bulbs pierced the darkness inside Centre Court, as if the moment had set off an electrical current that circled the stadium. Accessibility links. The event stretched over seven hours ending just before nightfall,[2] and is considered by many to be the greatest match in tennis history.[3][4][5][6]. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. He was surprised by my reply. It was a little after 2:00 P.M. and the gasps from the audience could already be heard. 1 ranking for the rest of the season and finish the year ranked No. Homepage. Rafael Nadal defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. In the French Open final one month earlier, he had allowed Federer just four games. From that point on, the match would turn from a rout for Rafa into a long, painstaking comeback by Federer. The first point of the match had given the world an indication both of what was to come, and who would eventually prevail. He followed that up with his second tournament win of the year at the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. 3 and the man he beat in the previous year's final, Novak Djokovic, 36, 26. This year will be the last season in which Middle Sunday will be played, which will be no more from next year. Nadal then squandered just 5 games in a comprehensive defeat of Russian Nikolay Davydenko, before defeating long-time rival Roger Federer 75, 75 in the final to win his tenth Masters title. The 2008 Wimbledon final was the third time in the Open Era that the same two players had met in the championship of a Grand Slam tournament for three consecutive years. A part of the storied Federer-Nadal rivalry, it pitted then-top ranked Roger Federer against then second-ranked Rafael Nadal. SUBSCRIBE to The Wimbledon YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/wimbledonLIKE Wimbledon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WimbledonFOLLOW Wimbledon on. In the third round, Nadal thrashed Russian Igor Andreev 62, 76(1). The 2008 Wimbledon men's final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is remembered as one of the greatest tennis matches of all time. He then played the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. Nadal raced through the tournament before a shock straight-sets loss at the hands of Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals. First set: Murray* 3-5 Nadal Oh dear. Nadal then won his fourth consecutive Monte-Carlo Masters title, losing just 29 games in 5 matches. I can do it.. Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. Nadal won his fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title. Murray looked to have rescued himself once again after slipping quickly to 15-40 behind, but at 30-40 he wafts what should have been a routine smash some way . Nadal stuttered for a while but regrouped to exact revenge on his opponent, 67(4), 76(3), 75. but didn't reach No. So far, the Spaniard led 11-6, but most of their encounters had happened on clay, where he was . He then won a lopsided third-round match against future Grand Slam champion Andy Murray before defeating Carlos Moy for the second time that season, 61, 63. He then demolished Frenchman Florent Serra, 60, 62, 62. Rafael Nadal playing at the Cincinnati Masters in 2008. The Championships 2010 mirrored the radiant happiness that lit up Rafael Nadal's face as he paraded the famous golden-hued Men's Singles trophy around Wimbledon's Centre Court following victory over the conqueror of Roger Federer, the giant Czech and No.12 seed Tomas Berdych. Nadal then made his second hard-court Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open, before losing to Andy Murray in four tight sets. Of all, of course, there are two. "During the [2022] Australian Open, we had a video call and . After winning Wimbledon the previous year, Federer had smilingly said of Rafa, Im happy with every one I get, before he takes them all. Now he was determined to get at least one more. Suffice it to say that tennis players will not be able to defend the points obtained last season. Rafael Nadal ousted Roger Federer after an epic battle at Wimbledon 2008. Nadal then defeated fellow Spaniard and former World No. Dont worry. It was his fifth major title, and his first outside of the French Open.It was also the first time Federer lost a major final outside the French Open. The decision of the organizers of the tournament to ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players, then the harsh reactions of the ATP and WTA. 1. Hed misread me, Nadal would say later. Gal Monfils withdrew due to a shoulder injury. He then walked past Frenchman Nicolas Devilder in the second round, and then Finn Jarkko Nieminen in the third round, for the total loss of just 10 games. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played the epic Wimbledon 2008 final. Nadal's 32-match winning streak in 2008 is the longest across three surfaces in tennis history. Nadal then had two tough matches back-to-back, but came out on top on both occasions. Nadal destroyed Kiefer 63, 62 to win his first hard-court title of the year and extend his streak to 29 match wins. As the British tennis journalist Chris Bowers wrote, Nadal won the match, Federer lost it, and the whole of tennis, if not the whole of sport, won through the sheer quality and drama of one of the best pieces of sporting theater tennis has ever produced.. This loss snapped his winning streak of 16 in the Italian capital. Nadal then defeated Kiefer again at the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals, 76(5), 60, 63. He received a bye into the second round where he routed home hope Jesse Levine, 64, 62. In addition, Nadal also won three Masters titles Monte-Carlo, Hamburg, and Toronto. This feature was written last. . Rafael Nadal Parera, fdd 3 juni 1986 i Manacor, Mallorca, r en spansk professionell tennisspelare.Han har vid flera tillfllen rankats som nummer 1 i vrlden. I intend to provide viewers with the full match in condensed form. Nadal then entered the Summer Olympics at Beijing, and became the first top-5 ranked player to win the Olympic Gold in the history of the sport. Many in the audience were reminded of another historic fourth-set tiebreaker that had taken place on this court, the 18-16 tightrope walk between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980. 171 Mikhail Ledovskikh 64, 60, before losing to Roddick in the quarters, 67(5), 26.[7]. Nadal then defeated another big server, Andy Roddick 75, 64 in the semifinals; finally winning his first ever grasscourt title by sidling past Novak Djokovic for the third time that year. Serving at 4-5 in the fourth set, Federer went down 0-30 before coming back to hold. He then proceeded to push aside World No. At Wimbledon 2008, he played the final against Federer with his foot numb too," Toni Nadal said in an interview with Punto de Break. [3] He then won the Olympic gold medal at Beijing, which clinched the world No. Nadal began the year by participating in the Chennai Open in Chennai, India. This year Wimbledon will be one of the most controversial editions in tennis history, for several reasons. Nadal stormed through the tournament losing just one set, and extended his winning streak to 10. Nadal captures his 1st Wimbledon title and his 5th overall Grand Slam Title. Nadal defeated James Blake for the second time in two weeks in the quarter-finals, and then beat big-hitting Czech Tom Berdych in the semi-finals, 76(6), 62. Simona Halep reacts to Holger Rune upsetting Novak Djokovic in Paris final, Bernard Langer comments on Phil Mickelson's decision: "I think Phil is..", Coach Patrick Mouratoglou shares message to Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon to relax dress code policy for female players. Med hittills 22 vunna Grand Slam-titlar (juni 2022) r Nadal en av de frmsta tennisspelarna genom tiderna, och han anses av mnga som den bste p grus. He defeated a succession of top-50 players up to the semifinals, including Potito Starace, compatriot Feliciano Lpez and Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. [1] [2]I och med segern i US Open i september 2010 blev spanjoren den . The contest will stand as a monument to the games early-21st century golden era. That match, Nadal said, had left him utterly destroyed. What pained him more than anything was that he had let himself tighten up when momentum was with him early in the fifth set. The 2008 Wimbledon final was the 18th episode of the Nadal-Federer rivalry. Full match on 3 all-region dvd's, excellent quality, includes trophy ceremony. In the semi-finals, he fell to World No. Nadal ended the year as World #1. Nadal beat Dmitry Tursunov 64, 64 in the first round before squandering a one-set lead to lose 63, 36, 46 to Italian Andreas Seppi. Going back to the French Open, Nadal had now won five straight sets against Federer, and when he went up 0-40 on Federers serve at 3-3 in the third, he seemed sure to make it a sixth. 1St Wimbledon title and his 5th overall Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open i 2010! 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