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Federer and Nadal met twice in 2012, both times in the early hard-court season, splitting their matches. They first met during 2012 in the semifinal at the Australian Open . Federer was leading by a set but trailed 2-5 in the second set, before a 10-minute fireworks delay due to the celebrations of Australia Day .
Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer in the final, 7–6 (7–1), 7–5. It was his record-extending seventh title at the Barcelona Open, and the victory came after the longest set won by Nadal in his career (93 minutes to win the first set).
Federer next traveled to Melbourne for the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open.The Swiss advanced through the first four rounds without the loss of a set, starting his campaign by defeating qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev, [3] receiving a walkover into the third round when Andreas Beck withdrew with a lower back injury prior to their second round match, [4] [5] and beating Ivo ...
At one point, Nadal led two sets to none and was up 2–0 in the third set. As the weather worsened, Nadal's game was negatively affected which allowed Djokovic to get back into the match. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The match was finally suspended until the following day, with Nadal ahead 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 1–2 and Djokovic serving. [ 6 ]
By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The ...
Nadal during the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Nadal began his World Tour season at the Qatar Open. He beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and qualifier Denis Gremelmayr in rounds one and two and then won against seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny. [2] In the semifinal he played poorly and lost to Gaël Monfils in two routine sets. [3]
Nadal's most recent title came at the 2022 edition in which he defeated Casper Ruud in the final. [2 ... David Ferrer 6 2012 French Open: Clay SF 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 ...
From there he cruised to a 6–2 set victory. Aided by a Ferrer double fault on break point, Nadal took the third set 6–3 for a three set to none victory. [8] Nadal had been dominant on clay during his career, but took seven months off from mid-2012 to February 2013 to recover from a knee injury.