The Artois Championships, London
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Day 7
Nadal became the first person since Borg to win consecutive titles on clay then grass as he defeated Djokovic 7-6(6) 7-5. Both players were at their best in a battle that was just as much about mental toughness as it was about great shots. Djokovic flew out of the starting blocks (something we've seen him do against Rafa before) and had points for a 4-0 lead, but Rafa was able to hold him off long enough to find his forehand and break back to even the match at 3-3. Both players held serve and we reached a tie-break. In a very high quality 14 points Djokovic was up a mini-break three times but every time Rafa got it back and in the end after saving a set point he won it 8-6.

The next set was just as tough, this time Rafa broke first and went 2-0 up but just like the first set, the early leader was pegged back. They carried on holding serve until 4-4 when Novak put in a stella (excuse the pun) game to break Nadal to love and set himself up to win the second set. However Nadal broke back immediately and so we were all square again at 5-5. Rafa held and then built a 15-30 lead on Djoko's serve. 1 big serve brought him to 30-30 but then Rafa salvaged a match point and after a tense rally he drop shoted Novak, got the high ball he was looking for and put it away easily to win the set 7-5.

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Gerry Weber Open, Halle
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Day 7
Not to be outdone by Rafa, Federer also won a title this week (his second of the year) to extend his grass court win record to 59 matches, an extraordinary achievement. Although playing in a weaker field, Federer never dropped his serve this week and wasn't even extended to a tie-break. By all accounts (haven't managed to watch a match fro Halle) Federer looked calm and very comfortable on court this week but was never really threatened by anyone. In the final Federer was always leading and never looked like letting the home fans have a home champion. To his credit Kohlschreiber has had a great week, battling past Haas, crushing Soderling and Blake to reach the final but in the end he couldn't defeat the Grass Court King.