00:30And an early signature shot from Rafa.
00:40And a sparkly riposte from this...
00:53And a well-placed pass.
00:56Drive, I should say, into that corner.
01:00And he blasts the pass.
01:08Again, that wide step, he has that split.
01:11The foundation to hitting this kind of stroke.
01:17Look at the slide with the outside leg.
01:20Open stance, and he also has enough power to pull it back cross-court.
01:24Look at it.
01:37Nadal scrambling around, trying to recover the situation from Djokovic's excellent...
01:42And again, the length of ball from Nadal is not...
02:00And again, the length of ball from Nadal is not testing enough.
02:13Djokovic, once more, stepping up and striking it, putting it away.
02:17And again, these ground strokes from Nadal, they're right in the strike zone.
02:22He's being stuck at the moment, and it must feel pretty horrible.
02:50Hands it back to him.
03:09Move the double.
03:11Measured to perfection.
03:58Oh, stunning.
04:15One of those rallies when the ball is caught between a rock and a hard place.
04:28One of those rallies when the ball is caught between a rock and a hard place.
04:58In the years when he was two behind Federer.
05:05One back against the grain.
05:08Will it prove significant?
05:09One back against the ball.
05:11One back against the ball.
05:17One back against the ball.
05:46I don't know.
06:16That's such great play, and it brings up a huge point, a set point for Djokovic.
06:27Just sense that he was trying to regain momentum, trying to make everything count, and he does here.
06:47Fabulous.
06:50Full tilt from Nadal, determined to level it now with this next point.
06:56And this is much better play.
06:58I mean, he's dictating play here.
07:00Look him get around.
07:01Inside the baseline.
07:02And it was the first of three encounters.
07:31What a return.
07:38And once again, he decides it with the help of the next ones from the crowd.
08:03They won't like that.
08:04Oh, my goodness.
08:05Oh, my goodness.
08:09Oh, my goodness.
08:14Oh, my goodness.
08:34Shot of the year.
08:39Shot of the century.
08:40And Novak Djokovic has to be wondering, why did these guys do this to me?
08:51Federer did it to make the U.S. Open.
08:53And now it's Nadal's turn here in Madrid.
08:56A lob winner.
08:57Have you ever seen that before?
09:09Seen it used as a pass, but never a lob through the legs.
09:15It's going to be tough to stop him now.
09:27A whiplash on the ball.
09:51It's going to be tough to stop him now.
10:21It's going to be tough to stop him.
10:22It's going to be tough to stop him now.
10:31Backup comes back the turn again and he's...
11:01Hit it right through.
11:31Superb stunned silence almost and again that's what can happen.
12:00Much more forceful.
12:14What a shot.
12:32What a shot.
12:44What a shot.
12:56What a shot.
13:10Oh, he ripped it.
13:14How good was that?
13:34Back past him and no chance.
13:38What a shot.
13:50What a shot.
14:00Again, it's Djokovic who's more penetrating with his ground strokes.
14:06And that Dazzler delivers him three championship points.
14:18What a shot.
14:30What a shot.
14:34What a shot.
14:50What a shot.
14:52What a shot.
15:04What a performance from Novak Djokovic.
15:08A winning streak that's been remarkable up to this point.
15:12And it just takes on an added dimension of brilliance.
15:15Feeding Nadal on clay in Madrid.
15:18Who can stop Djokovic now?
15:28What a shot.
15:29What an explosive shift in the balance of power.
15:30Celebration time again in the Djokovic camp.
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