By Chris Oddo | Sunday, March 30, 2014
Rafael Nadal may have dropped the Sony Open final to Novak Djokovic, but he was all the rage when he hit this mammoth forehand during the first set.
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This is the type of shot that Rafael Nadal would have liked to hit more of during his 6-3, 6-3 loss to Novak Djokovic in Sunday's Sony Open final in Miami, but for whatever reason, the Spaniard had trouble finding opportunities to unleash his most dangerous weapon.
He did, however, find his mark here and on a few other occasions during the 84-minute match.
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Nadal was criticized during the match for not attempting to work over the Djokovic forehand more during the match by commentator Robbie Koenig. The Tennis TV commentator kept wondering why Nadal was going after Djokovic's strength rather than hitting at his weakness. But the truth was that Djokovic had no weakness on this day—he was spot on from both wings.
But the day wasn't all bad for Nadal--check out this sparkling reply to a Djokovic smash in the first set as further proof of that...