'1st bagel in Djodal match!' Ruthless Rafa Nadal wins 1st set 6-0 in Rome Masters against Djokovic
Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal is in ruthless form in the Rome Masters final against world number one Novak Djokovic, winning the first set without dropping a game to win 6-0 in Italy, also known as a 'bagel'.
It's the first time either player has competed a bagel over the other in their storied rivalry, which stretches over 54 meetings between two of the modern eras greatest ever players.
The two court giants have shared 142 sets together but never has either showed such dominance in a single one, with Nadal taking the delicious-sounding honor of being the first to romp home without stoping a a game to claim the first set in the final in the Italian capital.
First ever 🥯 in a Djodal match! Rafa train is hot and furious. #RomeMasters#vamosRafa@InteBNLdItalia
— Extremus Maximus (@Mercurial_Zen) May 19, 2019
Rafa #Nadal completes his 4th bagel of the week, 1st bagel over Novak #Djokovic (in their 54th meeting & 141 sets played before this) & overall, his career's 95th bagel over an opponent. #ibi19#atp#romemasters#roma#ATP1000#ROMA
— Vibhu batra (@VIBHUISM) May 19, 2019
Novak Djokovic after the first set vs Rafael Nadal 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/CAXi5D7NVg
— Green Dragon🐲🐲🐉🐉 (@brightutd) May 19, 2019
Rafael Nadal with a very "what happened in Australia, happened. This is Rome." set. 53 matches between them and there hasn't been a bagel yet in this rivalry. #ibi19pic.twitter.com/bGU7e972qu
— Nikhila (@kokudum) May 19, 2019
First set bagel. Thank you Rafa.#Nadal#Djokovic#RomeMasters
— Papa Smurf (@Njabulo85) May 19, 2019
For the first time in the history of Djokovic v Nadal, we have a BAGEL. Nadal takes the opener, 6-0. 😲#ibi19pic.twitter.com/wPtQGTZFDs
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 19, 2019
And there it is: for the first time in the 142 sets they've played, a bagel.Nadal up 6-0 on Djokovic in the Rome final. Longer time in the oven than usual for the recipe: 38 minutes.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) May 19, 2019
Nadal wins his 4th bagel set of Rome 2019. 1st time he gives 4 bagels in the same tournament#ibi19
— Steph Trudel (@TrudelSteph) May 19, 2019
This is the first Bagel in all the 54 meetings between Nadal and Djokovic.
— Rafael Nadal History (@HistoryNadal) May 19, 2019
World number two Nadal will be looking to get revenge on his Serbian counterpart not least for the straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 drubbing the latter handed out in the Australian Open final back in January to claim his seventh title Down Under.
