Egzod - Paper Crowns
Here we go. It's been quite a long time after they first walked on court, that's normal for Rafa.
Ready now.
That's a typical Dustin Brown point.
(Laughter)
You gotta love that!
- Was that a second serve?
- That was a second serve, I'm sure!
(Laughter)
How do you prepare for someone like this?
That's a nice touch there from Nadal.
That's good hands again!
Well that's a beautiful game...
From Rafa Nadal, picking up...
Well Rafa- guess he saw Roger's match.
Ooh!
That's ridiculous.
What was that?
What was his-
That's gotta be at least a hundred.
Maybe harder than he served it!
Dead in.
(Laughter)
I think that's...
(Laughter)
Woah!
Each player's played two spectacular return games!
Harder, please?
(Hit)
Out!
(Catch)
He writes right handed and catches pretty well right handed too!
Well that was a magnificent passing shot from Nadal...
Oh!
Mark that one down for shot of the day!
He can execute any shot!
The long arm of the law, once again.
He's two points from niffing this first set!
Ooh...
Rafa Nadal whacked his leg there trying to get the ball...
And he's hurt himself a little bit. But, what really hurts is this first set!
He'll have to try to go at him.
He's gotta start using that lob.
He could use a break now.
He's not as big of a server as you know, the Isner's, the Karlo-
Won a couple five setters. You know, before they went...
Ooh...
That's...
Probably the right call, to go right at him.
Vintage Nadal there, off the back foot.
Oh, he hit that back!
It's just...
You know he's gonna make it!
Ooh, watch out.
You gotta go the other way.
And be quick.
No!
Set to Nadal! Nadal wins 6-3.
Rafa's got very good touch as well.
No future there!
(Laughter)
There it is again.
That's the way he started the match and that's the way he's going to play it...
And that would be the way he'll end it.
We've got about fifty lines of stats and numbers and percentages...
What we don't have is a half volley cross court dropshot winner.
And loser.
Nadal happy that serve was out.
Well, same result!
If that had gone over, I think we...
We would all have been totally amazed.
That's a shot you don't see very often.
(Laughter)
You do on park courts.
(Chuckle)
Certainly aren't used to seeing him double fault twice in a row.
Oh, I don't believe it!
I think that came off the throat- the frame!
Not at all intimidated by where he is.
...Or he sure wouldn't be a hundred and two in the world.
In qualifying here.
Woah...
That again, was a second serve.
It was on his racket, he missed it. Great hold after a great...
(Sneeze from the crowd)
Bless you.
(Laughter)
Couldn't he get a first serve for that?
(Laughter)
In the zone, is Dustin Brown.
That wasn't up was it?
- Interesting...
- No, Nadal saying come one, that's not up!
He had to put the ball away...
Serve and volley points won one out of one, Nadal.
Brown, forty-three of sixty-five!
Oh! He has won the point.
And he's saved break points..
(Laughter)
I think Brown thought his serve was out.
See him stop moving forward but...
Well, he's earning it!
He deserved it, he really did!
It's only two sets to one. He's gotta win one of the next two.
He's gonna go and take a little break.
This guy's from another world!
Him and Monfils, eh?
Athletes or what?
You have no chance now, in this game.
Oh my.
Do you know what? He just...
Actually, maybe not here. Wimbledon, last three, four years.
Ooh...
You what's amazing? We've seen that like, eight times.
Nadal could change the position where he's returning...
Oh, he's left it! He could've played it.
It's in!
Woah!
The forehand whip!
Just wide.
The win of his career!
Dustin Brown...
Rafa Nadal, out! of the championships!
First Thursday, second round!
Inspiration!