Bill oh unbelievable john what are we going to see next . Mary that one was a mere 28shot rally. They got a second chants to he got a Second Chance to get this short one right, djokovic. John this time he had no other choice because the ball was so far below the net. What a shot. Sliding into that ball. Bill queen sofia cant believe it. John neither can we. Break point. This is important for novak here. Ill wants to start the fourth set with a break. Down two sets to one. [the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of the national captioning institute, inc. , which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. Cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any transcription or for any errors in transcription. ] [captioning made possible by cbs sports division] bill djokovic for the match 310 on break points. Rafa 58. Deuce. Bill second break chance. Nadal has had to work really ard to hold serve. Nadal with a two sets to one lead. Out. Bill djokovic will challenge. The call was out. The chase review once again. John if nothing else this is going to give him a little breather. Hes breathing pretty hard right now. Knows how important this early stage of the fourth set is. John he makes you earn those volleys. Youre going to have to get down awful low. Very hard to know what to do here for djokovic. He hits what he thought was a pretty good approach shot. That is a tough ball to handle. The type of shot youre going to have to make if you want to beat this guy. Bill to the open court. John another game nadal wins that djokovic should have won. Bill show you what has happened so far in this mens championship. Great start for rafael nadal, the early break. He takes set number one 62. Novak coming back. This is set point in the second set. Djokovic winning it 63. Hird set, djokovic with triple break point but nadal able to win it and take a two sets to one lead and weve had one rally that was over 50 shots. 54. Plenty of lengthy exchanges between these two great players. John nadal had the easier time getting to the finals. Certainly looks fresh out there. He was getting pushed around for a while but hes so pumped up right now and hes gotten this lead here. Hes going to make life very difficult for djokovic. Unless he can find another gear. Mary hes already broken jokovic 58 times. Djokovics numbers 311. More pressure is on djokovic. John of course. More careless errors like that from djokovic. Theres another one. Mentally. More than physically to me. Bill 46 unforced errors. Only 18 for nadal. John i still think he cant believe he lost that third set and thats weighing on him right now. Fault. John nadal is not afraid to move forward. Hes an excellent net player. He hit an explosive approach shot there. Bill now its djokovic, john, triple break point down. Afa responded to a similar situation in the previous set. See how novak handles this. Good start, saving one break point. Novaks longtime coach. Bill very fortunate. John you got that right. He could use a little luck right about now. He got it there. Bill still break point. Bill a big ovation for rafa. And he earns the break. John that was a phenomenal shot. Djokovic really went after this shot. Nadal moved, guessed right and saw the opening but to execute that, thats another story. Incredible effort. Bill and now nadal knows its on his racket. If he can hold the rest of this set hell win the championship. Fault. John djokovic is down two sets to one and a break in the fourth. There turned that one around. Bill unable to get in position to handle that action from watcha on the serve. 1515. John hes battling his own mind right now. Nadal is just picking up on it. Hes all over it. He is relentless. Bill 3015. John when he senses vulnerability. Mary the last time these two played a great match was in that Australian Open we keep talking about. It was almost twice as long as what weve seen tonight and the level of tennis actually, rafa nadal has been onehalf of probably the three greatest matches ive seen. The wimbledon final against federer in 2008. That australian loss to djokovic. This years french, a win over djokovic. Bill 4015. Mary i think the best match ive ever seen on a grass match, a hard court and a clay court starred this guy. John djokovic is really reeling right now. Bill theres the hold. 30. Well return with more after this word from your local cbs station. Bill coverage of the u. S. Open on cbs sports is sponsored by the beautiful unisphere standing outside the entrance to the usta illie jean king tennis center. A recommend nanlt from the 1980 worlds fair. Djokovic serves at 03, down two sets to one. John that ball looked wide, number one, but nadal hit it for a winner anyway. Look at this defense. He saw that coming. You could see it was well wide. Djokovic barely sat on the changeover. He has got some very negative energy out there right now. Hes trying to slow himself down, gather himself. He must, must win this game. Bill alltime grand slam titles. The mens side. Roger with 17. Pete with 14. And rafa inching his way up the list. John pete thought when he won this and retired 2002, as we look at rod laver, twotime slam winner. Ood to see him here. Theyre pulling for novak. That he didnt think anyone was going to catch him for a long time. Maybe as long as emerson had the record. Now maybe two guys. Not one, two. Bill the hold for 31. A lot of people thought because rafa play that is grinding physical game that he might not have the same window of opportunity that roger has had. John particularly when he missed this event last year. Missed australia this year. Mary its hard to believe it when he says he doesnt like hard courts because hes pretty good on them. Bill yes, he is. 210 this year. 31. Let. John this is the side that should be easier for djokovic to break. Windaided return there. Looks like he may have gathered himself in the nick of time. The crowd wants to see a fifth set. Mary oh. What a bill what a heartbreaker that is for djokovic. Mary tennis has never been played like this. John he did was a natural righty. They switched to lefty at a young age. Thats the only way that i can think that he can hit a ball like this get enough on it, use that right hand to his advantage. Mary that winner came off the 25th shot of that rally. Bill and djokovic acknowledges how great that was from rafa. 1515. Let. First service. John it doesnt even look like hes breathing hard, nadal. Bill some special play from nadal right now. Again, novak with no answer to that. John by far the best serving weve seen from nadal, when he really needed it in this final. Bill 3015. 31 4 set. Nadal up two sets to one. John just barely wild. Although nadal will challenge. Bill chase review. Confirms that it was out. Second serve now for rafa. Bill 4015. That may have skidded off the line no, just short. Errant shot from djokovic. Another unforced error. Hes up to 49 now. 4015. Bill nadal in control now. 41 4 set. Two games away from the championship. If you w which one would you be . With Interview Questions like these, its no wonder Companies Hire the wrong person almost half the time. Today, smarter enterprises are increasing retention up to 43 by using data and analytics that help them better understand the right characteristics for each job and find the right person to do it. Thats what im working on. Im an ibmer. Lets build a smarter planet. [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. 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Down two sets to one and serving now at 14. Fault. John another game he has to win. See if he can use the crowd here to help him before its too late. Nadal has won their respect and deservedly so. This guy has battled hard. Had some incredible moments. Really pulled himself together after playing a lackluster first set. Got the second, was leading the third. Every indication was he would pull that set out. Hes got to hope that nadals level drops that he tightens up trying to finish this number one player in the world, number one seed off. And he himself will soon be the number one. And hell have two slams and its going to be rafa nadal at the top of our sport. John hes broken a lot of peoples will and it seems like this guys right on the edge of the cliff right now. Bill 3030. Bill must hold here or nadal can serve for the championship. This is wide. And now, break point for a 51 lead. Everyone knows how big this is. John he missed it bill 51. John its a shame that with the exceedingly high level that we watched for a good portion of this match that novak is letting it all go away, rather meekly at the moment. Yeah, it was incredibly tough to overcome that third set and it really stung when he wasnt able to get that early break the first time rafa served and this guy is like a freight train, nadal now, looking to win this for the second time, serve it out. Bill one game away. Out. . John he came into this event, bill this is a first, where every single seeded player in the draw had a losing record against him. Hes got a 2110 career headtohead edge over roger federer. We know about this man, 2115 coming in, edge to nadal. Even more dominant against the other players. John so quick. To move forward and cut ball off. Looks fresh as if he was playing in the first set. Another excellent display. Everywhere, anything, whatever you threw at him he could deal with. Served exceptionally well today. Taking more chances, serving harder, bigger, more spin it appeared. Hes broken seven times, nadal. Novak djokovic, only three. John he has three davis cup titles. Roger has none. It appears it will be slam number 13,