One service hold for Roger, down. Up 3-1. Read more

The intensity has sorta begun to drain out of this one. Roger gets an early break in the fourth set and “just” needs to hold serve four times for a spot in the final. Not that Rafa will make that especially easy. Read more

Rafa, down 0-30, has a fortunate bloop on the net cord to avoid some break points. Fed sets up a beautiful inside-out forehand on the next one to get them anyway. Read more

Insane down-the-line forehand from Rafa to hold a shaky service game, 1-0 in the fourth set. On an unrelated note I think it’s time for him to go completely bald and embrace the Juggernaut look. Read more

Oh helllllll yeah Roger coasts through some relatively straightforward games to take the third set 6-3. Read more

Rafa survives a 15-40 break scare for 4-2. A pocket of sunshine on Rafa’s deuce corner is making it impossible to see the ball there. Read more

Fed, fending off break points, survives one brutally long exchange, thanks in part to a ridiculous pickup off his shoetops. He also won another 25-ball rally, the longest of the match. He holds for 4-1. Read more

Nasty backhand down-the-line helped Federer get his first break of the match in four break points. Up 3-1 in the third.

That was the first time Fed’s ever lost a set 6-1 or worse at Wimbledon. Read more

Down two breaks, Federer messes around a bit in the last return game, testing out a SABR, letting the last serve scoot by him. Rafa takes the set 6-1 after an abrupt momentum shift. Read more

Fed’s timing is all off and the shanks are pouring in. He’s shidding away the second set. After two breaks, Nadal serving at 5-1. Read more

Whoa, loose service game from Federer there and Rafa breaks at love. Read more

At 15-40 Roger had some good looks at a break there—including off a second-serve out wide that he seemed a little surprised by, dumping the backhand return into the net. Rafa holds. Read more

Rafa with a few spectacular shots—one backhand flick passing shot, one incredible forehand retrieval on a full sprint—to earn a break point. Then another one. Fed survives. They’re sinking their teeth into each other’s service games now and it’s getting real good. Read more

Federer cleans up his act towards the end of the tiebreak. He’s forehand is looking deadly, he’s moving forward whenever possible. A fondue-loving king takes the first set. Read more

Roger slices a killer angled volley but Rafa sprints to retrieve it and block it right into the back corner of the court, best point of the match. Federer wins his next return point, though, to even it. Read more

From 0-40 a few beautifully played aggressive forehands from Fed got the game to deuce, then two errors there gave Rafa the game. Headed to a tiebreak. Read more

First break point opportunity for Fed lost on a long rally full of looping balls and mishits. Rafa holds for 4-4. Read more

4-3 and the serves are still holding up. Rafa has won 3 points on return and Federer just 2. Read more

Both players hold serve at love for 2-1. They’re still feeling each other out. Nadal—whose serving has never been the strongest part of his game—has served the most aces of any player in the tournament. (He also hasn’t had to face a seeded player, so take that with a grain of salt.) Read more