Wimbledon: The best pictures of Rafael Nadal v Tomas Berdych

There are several titles to be won at Wimbledon today, but there's only one that anyone's interested in and that's the men's clash between the world No1 Rafael Nadal and the world No13 Tomas Berdych
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Murray Mount is packed this afternoon - it's just a shame that Andy Murray didn't have the skill or fortitude to beat Nadal in Friday's semi-final. Wonder if this lot will be supporting Nadal's opponent, Berdych, instead?
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Inside centre court, now, and the fans are making their allegiances clear ... Apparently this group are all grown up and still fascinated by Rafa. Always good to put a footnote like that on your banner
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Berdych wins the toss and the two players head to their respective baselines for the beginning of match. The Czech makes a polished start, winning his opening game without conceding a point. Looks like we might have a decent match on, here
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Berdych guides a shot past his rival early on
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Nadal sprints to retrieve a drop-shot
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Centre court is bathed in sunshine and the retractable roof lies idle once again. Not that anyone's complaining
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In the seventh game, Nadal finally breaks his opponent's serve. Berdych failed to land some critical first serves in the latter stages of that game and it's proved costly
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The 24-year-old doesn't look best pleased with himself
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Turns out Nadal is human - he's breaking sweat at last. Berdych can't claim much credit for that, though. He's just surrendered this set ... 6-3 it ends
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The Czech is more hostile at the start of the second set. He earns three break points in the first game (Nadal seems to be struggling with the blustery conditions) but can't quite capitalize. Nadal eventually holds serve
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That was a worrying game for the Spaniard and he takes time before the next one to rearrange his water bottles and thereby halt Berdych's momentum
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The second set looks like it's heading towards a tie-break until a break of serve in the final game proves decisive for Nadal
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Wild-eyed and typically rapacious, Nadal wins the third set 6-4 and, with it, his eighth Grand Slam title
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The 24-year-old drops to the floor after sealing victory with a swift, cross-court forehand
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Off comes the bandana and down he goes for a rolly-polly
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A clumsy start ...
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but it does the job ... (the kid behind looks pretty keen to join in)
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... and he's even managed a bit of a spring finish, too
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Top marks, Rafa
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Having beaten the world No2 and world No3 on his journey to the final, Berdych will now jump to a ranking of 8th. But on the evidence of today's performance, there's still a way to go before he'll win a Grand Slam title
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The trophy is Nadal's once more. He'll be delighted about that, having been unable to defend it last year due to injury
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Nadal gets some deserved applause from staff and spectators at the All England Club
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A quick salute to the fans (and to his girlfriend, whose made a rare appearance) ...
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... is followed by a bit of trademark trophy-biting. Not sure why he always does that, but when you're the Wimbledon champ, who's going to stop you?
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