Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance.
Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even whiffed on one of his famous forehands entirely.
Finals jitters for Rafa? #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/xs2LMyttQy
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 27, 2019
In a remarkably dominant and mistake-free performance that yielded a remarkably lopsided result, the No.