stanislas wawrinka won the first two sets against rafael nadal in the final. in winning the first set, wawrinka was down 0–40 while serving for it at 5–3, but nadal was unable to return any of wawrinka's next five serves, which proved to be wawrinka's 34th consecutive successful hold of serve. in the second set, wawrinka broke in the opening game and held his own serve to lead 2–0, before nadal sustained a back injury and needed a medical timeout. wawrinka comfortably won the set as commentators speculated that nadal may have been considering forfeiting the match and was seen to be in tears during changeovers. nadal continued and won the third set, despite facing 15–40 in the first game on his own serve and also facing 15–40 while serving for the set at 5–3, as wawrinka appeared to be suffering from nerves. wawrinka won the match in the fourth set by winning the last eight points without reply. pete sampras awarded wawrinka the trophy. this was the first time since sergi bruguera's 1993 french open win that the winner of a grand slam men's event beat both number one and two seeds to clinch the championship; wawrinka also became the first player to beat both djokovic and nadal in the same grand slam.