Category Archives: Novak Djokovic

Novak Says He Wanted It More

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Posted in Australian Open, Head, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Highlights From Djokovic And Nadal’s Australian Open Epic

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Posted in Australian Open, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Heartbreak For Nadal As He Loses Almost Six Hour Marathon

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has fought for his sanity and valiantly lost as Djokovic claimed his third Australian Open title and his third consecutive Grand Slam in a record five hours and 53 minutes, eventually winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5. Nadal has now lost seven consecutive matches to the Serbian world number one – all of the matches were finals, three at Grand Slams.

The first set was an epic one hour and 20 minute battle in which Nadal capitalized on a slow start from the Serbian and took a 4-2 lead. At this stage Rafa looked hungry and determined to snap his losing streak but soon some tightness snuck into his game and allowed Novak to break back. Read more »

Posted in Australian Open, Match Report, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Djokovic Beats Murray In Long Five Setter – Next, Nadal

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Andy Murray was hoping to try and change the statistic that 26 of the last 27 Grand Slams have been won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, but it was not to be. The strange almost five hour match was won, eventually, by Novak 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5. Defending champion Novak will now face Rafa for the title.

In his quarterfinal Novak had been clutching at his hamstring and struggling to breathe but initially looked to be OK, but not at his best, in his match against Murray. Despite an early break Murray stayed unusually positive even after Djokovic took the first set despite increasingly struggling to breathe. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Fernando Verdasco, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open

Nadal Beats Federer To Aim For 11th Grand Slam

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

The rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer was renewed at the Australian Open the minute Rafa opened his mouth to the media about player issues and Federer’s lack of interest in them.Tonight Federer and Nadal fought for a finals position and a chance to claim another Grand Slam and it is Rafael Nadal who will play either Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray in his bid for his 11th Grand Slam.

Rafa was forced to fight for his fourth consecutive Grand Slam final but after three hours and minutes Nadal won 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4

Roger came out firing looking like he planned to slaughter Nadal with his aggressive accuracy from the first point. He quickly found himself at 1-4 before Rafa finally found his range and got back on serve at 3-4, his forehand finding its mark. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Injury, Kim Clijsters, Match Report, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Toni Nadal

Raging Rafael Nadal Finds A Way To Win

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

In a strange, yet high quality, match that saw Rafael Nadal robbed of vital points by poor line calls repeatedly, Rafa has battled the huge serves and powerful, flat ground strokes of Tomas Berdych to book a place in the Australian Open semi finals. It took Nadal four hours and 16 minutes but he eventually walked away with the 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 win that finished right at midnight.

Both players had early break point opportunities but were unable to convert, Nadal fighting against the booming serve of Berdych and incredibly flat ground strokes.

The 12th game of the first set went for over 8 minutes with Berdych having triple set point. His incredible defensive skills saved the second break point as he somehow stayed alive in a point he should have lost multiple times. Despite a fourth point for Berdych, Rafa dug deep and forced a tiebreak. Read more »

Posted in Australian Open, Match Report, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych

Hewitt Battles Djokovic To The End

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

There was never any doubt that one of tennis’ most psychologically strong men, Lleyton Hewitt, would give everything he had against Novak Djokovic and he did. After a rough first set Hewitt changed his tactics and gave Novak more of a fight.

Hewitt was handily battered by Djokovic in the first two sets and then put his body on the line to get the third. After feeling a chance to go up 4-3 Hewitt was left frustrated as the opportunity went wanting.

Lleyton struggled to scramble everything back as it became obvious he was even compensating as he walked to keep the pressure off his degenerated big toe. Then he started shaking out his hands as he struggled to block out his screaming body. Read more »

Posted in Australian Open, David Ferrer, Injury, Lleyton Hewitt, Match Report, Novak Djokovic

More Heartache For Roddick

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Andy Roddick was forced to retire from his match against Lleyton Hewitt as he trailed 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 after injuring what appeared to be his hip or his groin early in the match. It was another tough blow for Roddick who has battled his health and various unlucky injuries over the past two seasons.

During the early stages of the match Jim Courier revealed he has implored Roddick to return to his younger days when he ripped his forehand violently around the court, ending points quickly and aggressively. Strangely it was Lleyton who seemed to have more bite on his ground strokes. Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Australian Open, Injury, Jim Courier, Larry Stefanki, Lleyton Hewitt, Match Report, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic In Dangerous Form

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

It was an easy day at the office for Novak Djokovic who progressed seamlessly into the second round of the Australian Open after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 6-0, 6-0.

It was the perfect start for the Serbian world number one who won a record number of Masters 1000 titles, prize money and walked away with a 70-6 record for 2011.

Confidence oozed out of Djokovic and rang alarm bells for anyone thinking that the Serbian might not be able to have a blinding 2012 as well. Read more »

Posted in Australian Open, Novak Djokovic, Paolo Lorenzi

Nadal Unhappy With Federer Also Fears For Long Term Health

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Much is being made of Rafael Nadal’s recent comments towards Roger Federer’s attitude toward changing and improving the tour to preserve the bodies of the players. Nadal sees the changes as necessary to ensure that when they retire the players bodies are still healthy enough to allow them to enjoy all the things they avoided to stop them from voiding their professional insurance policies.

It reignites the argument of the thoroughbred vs the work horse – Federer being the thoroughbred and everyone else being the work horses. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Hard courts, Injury, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open