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The world number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic ended his flawless streak of the season with a retreat in the final of Cincinnati Masters 1000, when he lost 6-4, 3-0 to Andy Murray

Djokovic could not stand the pain of an injured right arm which was treated at the end of the first set and already complained in the semifinal match against Czech Tomas Berdych, and only endured 72 minutes on the track to leave in the tray victory in Cincinnati to Andy Murray.

The physical setback broke the formidable run of Novak Djokovic in 2011. The Cincinnati was his second loss of the season on the circuit, which accumulated 57 wins, not counting the harvested Cup Davis.Sin However, the Serbian tennis player will not be able to overtake the record of John McEnroe, who in 1984 had accumulated 59 wins and only one lost.

It is the first final to world number one gives in the course, the remaining nine titles including two Grand Slam (Australia and Wimbledon), before facing the final `major 'in the United States. He has also won five Masters 1000 (Rome, Canada, Madrid, Miami and Indian Wells) and tournaments in Dubai and Belgrade.

Everything was against Djokovic in the final of Cincinnati, which has lost three times in the last four years. Second, after 2008, to Murray, who stood input with a 3-0 lead.
The Serb responded and tied three. But Murray broke the serve of his opponent and entrainment partial victory, who won 6-4. Djokovic was then asked the help of the physiotherapist track, which tried to compensate for minutes his condition in his right arm. The world number one back on track.

But the Serbian was no longer in the game. Slow movements, barely strong and without concentration. A simple way to Murray, when achieved 3-0 in the second set saw how his opponent threw in the towel. It is the seventh for the Scottish Masters 1000, the first this year and the second successful season next to Queens.

Rafael Nadal was given away by her 25th birthday the way to the final at Roland Garros after the break to Andy Murray in three sets. The Spaniard, who signed a package of 44-1 on clay in Paris, will seek his sixth Cup-musketeers milestone that has only Björn Borg-date with Roger Federer.

Rafael Nadal was given away by her 25th birthday the way to the final at Roland Garros after the break to Andy Murray in three sets. The Spaniard, who signed a package of 44-1 on Parisian clay, will seek his sixth Cup-musketeers milestone that has only Björn Borg-date with Roger Federer.

It was the best birthday present that Rafa Nadal could do himself. A victory would give the ticket to the final of Roland Garros on Sunday. A triumph that took a victim to Andy Murray, who will continue with the `ought 'to play at least one clay-court final, he defeated by an aggregate score of 6-4, 7-5 6-4 after three hours and seventeen minutes of play in the clash that opened the day at the Philippe Chatrier.

The party walked very slowly in the early stages, with intense and lengthy exchanges from the bottom of the track broken only by the constant left to be played Murray. It was the resource that drew more from the Scotsman, as neither the service, lethal weapon in the other surfaces, or the right, which was calibrated so well in previous rounds, he worked with effectiveness. However, Andy's main problem remains in his head. When Nadal managed to break his serve in the fourth game, more so after wasting three options contrabreak then the Dunblane wine and handed down almost set. Nadal, who came back to tie their best moments with the perfect execution of his drive came to be seen with the score 5-1 in rent that was about to leave the reaction to escape after breaking the Scot, who had three options to match the race. Errors with the back of Murray, for many their best shot, and the high level exhibited by Nadal when he was in the pit, enabled the Balearic close to their favor the first round.

Break 31 balls, 9 lost brilliance breaks the game early in the second act because of the wind, who wanted to be annoying protagonist both players alike. After the first few games of scoring, the rest began to assert the service, living a concatenation of breaks that went well stopped Nadal, who knew how to read better the match, being mentally stronger than its rival. Although Murray service began to work, with `sartenazos' which reached 217 km / h, the exchanges began to fall from the Spanish side. Rafa a break in the eleventh game was final for the world's No. 1 set to sign up and put one foot in the next phase.

Murray sought the heroic, as made on this stage before Victor Troicki, who came from two sets side. But Nadal is neither Serbian nor the party he had written the same script. The Scot gave the service in the opening game of the third act and swam against the tide until it reached the shore. Nadal, who could have given the lace to match more than one occasion, was to manage the income, but relied on the kick to the body, the reverse side and an excellent drive to put an end to a crash so evenly matched and competitive estuivo looks like the end result.

Nadal accumulated 17 hours of play to reach the final, having bowed down on the way to John Isner, Pablo Andujar, Antonio Veic, Ivan Ljubicic, Andy Murray and Robin Soderling, the latter two at a more than acceptable to fight for Musketeers Cup. His rival for the title at the end of next Sunday (15.00 pm) will be Roger Federer, champion in Paris in 2009.

"I always buy land until Tuesday for the second week, but the change is welcome, happy to pay for it," said Javier Piles, coach of Alicante.

David Ferrer has begun the countdown to the new big moment in his life took a step forward on Wednesday after beating Australia's world number one, Rafael Nadal, and in full maturity, intended to give a qualitative leap in its final career, a stretch that included among the illustrious names of a major tournament.

As happened in 2007, in New York at the U.S. Open, the tennis Alicante (Javea, 28 years) takes an unusual situation but encouraging. Almost unique. Not so, however, David Ferrer has changed his routine, twenty-four hours of being on the court at Rod Laver Arena with Briton Andy Murray. Far from changing his ways, guided by their usual coach Javier Piles, Ferrer came to Melbourne Park in the middle morning, trained for just over an hour in the fields adjoining the site, after noon, and ate at the club. In the players' restaurant. With the tournament in full swing before the start of the second semi-final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Now Foster is among them. Order has broken from Alicante, which shattered the aspirations of his friend and top seed Rafael Nadal. They are not as optimistic forecasts of David and technical. Prudent or realistic, preparing to return home early in the second week of a Grand Slam. Recognizes Javier Piles.

"I had closed the ticket back, but we are changing as David wins games. I always buy land until Tuesday for the second week, but the change is welcome, happy to pay for it," said Piles at the end of Ferrer your meal in the dining club.

"We train at the usual time to 13.00 hours because we have always done so with the intent to eat and go to the hotel rested. The temperatures have not affected neither these days or last week. Better to train, eat, relax and go to the hotel to get stronger, "he said.

Piles admits: "We're not used to it, but it's a good feeling." The club to the hotel. Nothing new coach David Ferrer was not in favor of changes from day to day, not to innovate with new formulas, revolutionary in sport, the awareness of your player.

"Do not put 'Gladiator', I'm not that kind of thing. We talked about his career, in the preseason, how they have done and how well it has gone ... We started from the back, remember matches other years when I was small, challengers ... We never expected to be up here and we look back to assess where you've come to feel that it is a unique opportunity. These things rarely happen in life, "said Pile.

"He's in recovery phase and quiet and from the afternoon and we get serious about preparing for the event. We did not talk much," he said. "He was much more sedate note, is in games. Tackle bad situations with confidence, better understand their own mistakes. Is maturing, faces a personal and very good mood and is an accumulation of things that makes everything go well well, "added preparer.

"Come play a very good level, both here in Auckland. Physics has come a whole, is one of the key weapons to face the match against Murray. Moreover, tactically you have to present a very full meeting to hurt," he added.

The memory of the U.S. Open is in the mind of David Ferrer and his coach. Is an example. And once he left. Then came the appointment unfavorably with Novak Djokovic Djokovic. The moment of his life. "David was very good tennis. That year reached the end of the course playing very well. Just now regulated as a player, his punches and his service are more equal, play more mature and experienced. It will be quite different from 2007. Surely this time will have ambition and desire to reach the final, "said Pile.

"That time came a little conformist after the tournament he did, where he won important people. Now it well, get very large. With the experience that has come out wanting to win, "he continued.

"He is quiet. With the players now rubs shoulders is very difficult to win. Andy Murray, Rafa, Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic have a high level. There are five or six top players who are very good. To beat and hold that rate for have options, you must touch perfection, "admitted the coach of Ferrer, who rejects the pessimistic condition is sometimes blamed. "No is pessimistic. I say that pressure is removed and it has worked quite well, has always worked, "he said.

Could become the first player in history to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Masters Cup the same year • Never happened before the semifinals in this event · Murray is still a victim of jinxed `local '

Rafael Nadal was ranked first in its history for the Masters Cup final to Andy Murray to break in three sets. The world No. 1 will play the title and write a chapter in his legend Roger Federer.

In third was the charm. In the editions of 2006 and 2007 held in Shanghai, Nadal remained anchored in the semifinals of the Masters Cup after losing to Roger Federer. By then the Basel was the absolute ruler of the circuit and Rafa was presented as the best candidate to topple his throne. Today tennis has evolved and Manacor is the referent of tennis today. Nadal faces a unique opportunity to put the finishing touches on a season outstanding in addition to winning three of the four Grand Slam could add to his record his first Masters Cup. This option will after beating Briton Andy Murray by an aggregate score of 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (6) after three hours and eleven minutes of play in the clash played at a packed O2 began cheering their idol but ended surrendered the world number 1 in the longest match so far this year.

The first task is resolved after 59 minutes of play in an intense tie-break which was a true reflection of what happened during the previous twelve games and ended uneven in favor of a feud Nadal grown alien. The first hour of the match was probably the best hour of tennis of the tournament, two players with different styles but who gave the best of themselves. There was no break, not even an option to do so, but the tension seemed to break with the edge of a racket. Murray surprised all and sundry to give a recital with the service, to which signed a high percentage of effectiveness. The Scots dropped their mouths that come charging defensive tennis and it was he who took the lead of the game at all times, displaying a powerful right that moved with his opponent from side to side of the track. Even left very clearly that it has improved greatly when moving around the track.

Gladiator battle

But there was Nadal. Like an eagle waiting to be patient knew his quarry was doing homework with the serve and the rest waited their chance. It did not come to sudden death, where the shooting took Murray played more second than first, she knew getting on track and get the right to walk again to sign the final result set. In 11 of the 12 matchups between the two, who won the first set ended up winning the game (only in their first match, Australia Open 2007, Nadal won the first set coming back from a side) and would not change this dynamic in London. And that Murray won the second set. He did it after saving one side 15-40 in the beginning, when Rafa was better and he was going through a bad time mood.

Was rebuilt back to the scheme put forward in the first set, hitting hard and hurting Nadal attack. He reached the seventh game, game in which Andy got the first break of the match thanks to his fresh legs, a defense and an attack numantina voracious. Then everything was a walk for him to re-balance the score.

On the banks of the Thames, Nadal was 'touched' but not 'sunk'. Could give his service in the early stages of the third set, where either physical product showed a drop of more than two hours of play to a maximum intensity. Which makes sense in this kind of match, two sets of high standards and an epic in which anything can happen. Murray was caught by the pan handle, but it was Nadal who won the long-awaited break in the third game. The world No. 1 suffered in every service game, but solve all times of trouble as they consumed the clock. Even enjoyed his first 'match point' with 5-3 the rest, but Murray then disguised himself to fight unspeakable Braveheart. The Scot not only saved the time of trouble, but he broke Nadal's serve then you enter him new questions and forced a tiebreak in the match.

In sudden death, it was Andy who struck first (3-0, 4-1), but if a player warrior, bold and epic that is synonymous with that of Rafa. Played to the right of his rival, held on and attacked his rival in every exchange, every problem solved with the correct equation and pulled from his hat magician two shots to put the end to a great game of gladiators. With the win, Rafa is just one step from making history, of victory in a tournament that so far remains elusive and its credit score 1,500 points on its payroll even ratify it as the best player of the moment.