The Serb won a thrilling three-set match against the Spaniard (5-7, 7-6, 7-6) to claim his 39th Masters 1000 title.
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00:00 [Cheering]
00:07 [Cheering]
00:35 [Cheering]
01:04 He always put almost five, six, seven balls in every point.
01:10 So fighting and running from one corner to another one, every point is really tough to deal with.
01:21 Almost the whole match I tried to stay there, to stay good physically, but it was tough.
01:30 As I said, I left everything on court.
01:34 For me, obviously, it's great that he knows that every time he's going to play against me,
01:42 it reminds him of playing against Rafa or against the best one.
01:48 That means we are in a good path.
01:52 I'm working very, very well, but today it was tough to deal with everything that Novak pushed you.
02:04 [Cheering]
02:27 It's a crazy match that we've been through today.
02:34 A rollercoaster of a match, to be honest.
02:36 I don't think I've played too many matches like this in my life.
02:40 Maybe I can compare it to Nadal's finals in the Australian Open in 2012.
02:47 They went the distance, obviously, three sets a day, but almost four hours.
02:50 I thought the third set had many chances, maybe even for a double break.
02:57 The match point at 5-3 was unbelievable.
03:01 It was kind of a showcase of what this whole match was about.
03:08 That match point saved from him.
03:11 It's just one of the most exciting and toughest mentally, emotionally, physically matches that I've ever had in my career.