Fourth Set -- Nadal vs. Blake Saturday, September 03, 2005 When I last left you, Rafa had just lost the third set on his serve. The score now is 4-6, 6-4, 3-6. Hopefully Rafa can regroup, and up his level of tennis. Vamos! Blake to serve. 15-0, overhead by Blake. Rafa is retaping his racquet. Kind of strange. Ace. 30-0. Wild FH by Blake. 30-15. Fault. Another wild FH. 30-30. Vamos. 30-40. Breakpoint by Rafa. Ace. Deuce. Fault. FH winner by JB. AD JB. He holds. 0-1, JB. Rafa to serve. 0-15. Rafa can't handle Blake's fh. Blake is just outplaying Rafa right now. Long return. 15-15. UE by Blake after blistering return Rafa was lucky to get back. 30-15. Blake is really attacking Rafa's second serve. S&V by Rafa. 40-15. Ace. Vamos from Rafa. 1-1. Blake to serve. 15-0, another fh winner on the run. 30-0. Ace. 40-0. 10 aces. Unret. serve. Game Blake. 1-2, JB. Rafa to serve before a record day crowd at the Open. Adjusts the socks. Fault. Another FH winner by Blake. 0-15. Bad luck with let cord. 0-30. Another UE by Rafa. Very sloppy game. 0-40. 3 BP's for JB. Big whole to dig out of. Fault. Blake broke. 1-3, JB. As Mary Carillo said, Blake is playing a better hardcourt match, and he is. 15-0. FH wide by JB. 15-15. 30-15. Rafa doesn't know what to do. Fault. UE into net. 40-15. Game Blake. It's all Blake right now. 1-4, JB. Come on, Rafa. 0-15. 0-30. Rafa is rattled. Bad let cord for Rafa. 0-40. Blake is dominating. Poor Rafa. Rafa hits long, and is broken at love. 1-5, JB. Well, things aren't looking too good for Rafa. 15-0. Another FH. 30-0. It's all Blake now. Another great serve. 3 matchpoints. Blake wins!!! Final score: 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6. Rafa congratulates him. Rafa signs autographs on way out. James gives a lot of respect to Rafa, saying Rafa has many more wins ahead of him. September 3, 2005 posted by Susan @ 12:10 PM