Nadal's Comeback

Due to a series of autopranks, I missed the Nadal-Nalbandian match last night. When I awoke this morning, I discovered that the match was another Nadal classic. Aargh!

Apparently, Nadal fought off five match points and rallied to win the match:

Five times David Nalbandian held match point against the man he had beaten soundly in their two previous meetings and it was not until 2am, with a crowd of some 2,000 still in attendance, that Nadal was able to turn it around and pull off an amazing victory 3–6, 7–6, 6–0.

Four of the match points for the Argentinian had come at 3–5 on Nadal's serve and one a game later when Nalbandian, suddenly looking nervous, opened with a double fault as he served for the match. Only one of the match points was surrendered with an unforced error – the remainder were snatched from Nalbandian with the kind of rip-roaring, defiant winners that have become the Spaniard's trademark.

Here are some highlights in Spanish just in case you missed the match like me: