Rather than go into it in great detail, let's say that Ferrer knew that his chances of taking this from Nadal were almost zero. It was foregone barring injury to Nadal.
Ferrer is a great competitor and one of my favorites for the very reason that he is known as a grinder on the tour. If you run up against him you'll know you were out there. No one just runs past him without effort. So when you can see it in his eyes that this is his job, that job being to put on a good show and and do his best but really doesn't expect to beat the guy that has beaten him almost every time they face each other you know that the final would have little of the suspense the match against Novak had going for it. That was a great match.
Here is a line of up of stories on the French Open final.
Nadal Shakes off Protestors to Win
Nadal Confirms his Comeback in Familiar Ending
USA Today on the French Open Final
