Final Day round-up Church Road, London Middlesex England

When Tomas Berdych woke up yesterday, the one thing that he will have been a little disappointed about was that for the first time in the Championships it was windy.

Why? Because that made life just a little more difficult for a player who has a relatively high ball toss and who loves to hit hard and flat and goes for the lines at every available opportunity.

On the other hand, Rafael Nadal revels in such conditions given he plays the percentages better than anybody else in the world.

So considering that Berdych performed well, especially given it was his first Grand Slam final.

He made a high percentage of first serves (59% compared to his average this season of 57%) and as you would expect he won the majority of points when it went in; 73%.

But he still had his serve broken four times and this is where Nadal has excelled throughout the tournament.

The Spaniard converted four of six break points in the final and led the field in terms of break points won with a total of 32 in his seven matches throughout the fortnight.

He also posted better numbers than anybody else in regard to points won returning second serves with a grand total of 215, and as all great players will tell you this is the one area in which you have to excel when playing on the quicker surfaces against the very best.

Most opponents will win the majority of points when they get their first serves in but you must punish them when they don't, and Nadal has dominated the opposition when he's been offered a chance to attack their second serves time and time again here in SW19.

Remember the key moment in his semi-final against Andy Murray? The British No.1 served really well throughout (making 66% of his first serves in that second set) but at 6-5 up in the tie-break he missed his first serve, Nadal pounced, and the rest is history.

Nadal has a good record against Berdych having beaten him eight times in their 11 previous meetings, and the world No.1 has now won all seven of the matches they've contested since 2006 because he loves the match-up.

Nadal is all about playing the percentages. He defends incredibly well, continually chasing balls down that others feel are a lost cause, he thinks incredibly clearly under pressure and in doing so chooses very sensible shot selection at all times, and thus makes very few unforced errors.

This puts so much pressure on opponents, especially if they don't get off to a great start, and for Berdych to stand any chance at all experts were united in their belief that he had to win the first set.

Once he fell behind it was always going to be difficult to raise his game for long enough to get back into the match, and so it proved.

However, it's been a phenomenally successful event for the 12th seed, who will now command much greater respect in the locker room given he's been able to improve upon his semi-final showing in Paris, and he will have high hopes of posting an even better result in New York when the US Open gets underway in autumn.

However, the one Grand Slam title to have so far eluded Nadal must surely now be very much at the top of his agenda, and who would bet against him making it three major titles in a row? On the evidence of his performances here at Wimbledon, not many.