This match was the culmination of 2 weeks of high intensity, high quality tennis. In the final match the Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, faced seed No. 8 Casper Ruud.
Ruud is the first Norwegian tennis player to reach the men’s singles final in history.
Although his first ever Grand Slam final, Ruud played fairly well against the seasoned Grand Slam champion. Nadal did not play games as he finished the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0, securing his 22nd Grand Slam title. Nadal won the championship point by sailing a blistering down the line shot which, for Ruud, was simply untouchable.
There was not much Ruud could do as he was only able to win 50% of points on his 1st serve and 36% of points on his second serve. Whereas for Nadal, in addition to the points won from Ruud loosing his points, Nadal also took 82% of points on his 1st serve and 53% on his 2nd.
This win puts a 2 Grand Slam buffer zone between Nadal and Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer’s 20 Slam tie.