Rafael Nadal, who's lost five finals to Novak Djokovic this year, says he will try to replicate last year's performance against the Serb in Monday's U.S. Open final, rather than making any significant changes in strategy.

"I think I gonna do serve and volley," Nadal joked. "You know, I have my game, and I beat him in the past playing my game. The thing is play my game very well and be enough strong mentally all the time, fight every ball, believe in the victory in every moment. That's something that for moments this year I didn't. But just play aggressive, try to play a similar match than last year here. I saw that match a lot of times and I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I gonna be able to do it."