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That one point never arrived as Nadal played his most brilliant tennis of the evening: forehand winner, service winner, backhand winner, ace and a strong serve to finish off the game.
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"He played very well, he's very powerful, has a great a service, a great forehand and backhand, " he conceded.
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But he recovered to 5-5 and then won an epic rally with a dipping backhand to the Finn's feet before finding a service winner on set point.
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The roof now closed because of rain, Djokovic, by now taking an age to deliver each serve, dug deep to hold his next service game, but Berdych's double-fisted backhand was beginning to yield results.
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But Calleri - who made 48 unforced errors - could not sustain the momentum and another wide backhand that sailed wide gave Coria his first match point which he converted with a big service winner.
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Federer backed that up with a majestic service game, which he held to love with one booming ace and the most delightful sliced backhand which died as soon as it touched the red dirt.
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