Publish 31 January 2012 in The Player -
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Nadal is the first player to lose three consecutive Grand Slam finals in the Open Era
Djokovic is the fourth player to win three times in Australia after Agassi (4), Federer (4) and Wilander (3)
Novak Djokovic Open champion after defeating Australia in five sets to Rafael Nadal in the longest final in the history of the Grand Sam. `Nole´ conquering Melbourne for the third time and added the fifth `big´ is a record that continues to enrich the basis of a tennis exquisite. He is the king of the circuit, the number 1 in the world, the true ruler of tennis right now.

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal for an aggregate score of 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 7-5 after five hours and fifty-three minutes in the longest match in the final of a Grand Slam. Ode to the courts, can not be defined otherwise the spectacle either arranged on a stage with such legends as Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, equipped for the occasion with 20,930 spectators. After 29 chapters, written between them and the poster of favorite running back and forth across the track, the duel began with weather conditions, high temperatures and high humidity, which foreshadowed a bitter battle. It was from the beginning, there was no respite. The first set fell on the payroll of a Nadal who seemed to have studied to perfection the enemy strategy and Djokovic was able to corner at the bottom of the track. The winners of the Spanish blows succeeded at the same time the Serb´s unforced errors and won by the first break in the eleventh game was definitive in his favor to sign the first round. His hit play when put on the track, change directions and heights to rival and settle every shot with the confidence of a number 1 gave off and made to hope a new feat.
But the sky turned gray in Melbourne a seen and unseen. Djokovic reaction was swift and soon proved to be the dominant player and successful that we are accustomed to seeing in recent days. His punches `weak´ in `became bombs´, as David Ferrer named to the ravages of Balkan whatever the angle of execution. He served in an exquisite way, rushed to each ball in intense exchanges of two titans themselves and did much damage to the rest of a Nadal who saw ghosts of the past appear. While the Serb showed its best with a deep game, powerful, strong and patient, the Spanish showed himself with shoulders slumped and head down. The six final loss to Djokovic last year happened over and over again in his head of Rafa, who saw `Nole´ would turn the light pointing at the second and third set.
The fourth set was perhaps less brilliant set, but also where he began to cook the tension of a meeting that seemed to boil. The mood in the stands were divided among the two best players in the world and pundits began to break their statistics as the clock ran out of sand. After a tentative first games where the war still punishing the physical and morale of both sides came exaltation. Nadal saved a 0-40 in the eighth game always key, the shock was suspended for 15 minutes to put the hood on the track because of the rain and justice after the resumption of tennis in September led to the resolution of the tie-break. Sudden death, shared pure state, was a carousel of emotions that ended with Rafa raising his fist to the four winds.
After nearly five hours of play, the game would start again. Exchanges tore the battered bodies of two players who had never reached the fifth set, turn on one another-but still remained stoically on the table running the action. Rafa, who began to appeal to the epic that seems to have for the third name was put forward in the light (4-2) with a break that sparked the fight in the stands. The gestures of joy `The Nadal´ (Sebastian, Miguel Angel, Toni, Maymó, Forcades, Perez-Barbadillo) moved the box of the `Djokovic´(Srdjan, Vajda, Divac, Jelena Ristic) with contrabreak the Serbian that refused to sink knee pass despite being more physically punished. The reaction of the Balkan cemented in their best weapons, pull out and hit inside track. Hard hit, was run over Rafa and achieving the desired break in the eleventh game. Then, with his service herorica pulled option to save a break before the finishing touch to the game. Knowing you have entered history, lay down on the floor to enjoy the latest exploits of his legend. In Australia began its history ...
Publish 27 January 2012 in The Player -
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In the editions of last year´s Wimbledon and U.S. Open, the victory went to the Balkan player.
The victory of the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic on Andy Murray in the semifinals of Open Australia has meant that, for the third consecutive Grand Slam, the final is between the player from Belgrade and Spanish Rafael Nadal.

In the editions of last year´s Wimbledon and U.S. Open, the victory went to the Balkan player in four sets, and his triumph at the All England Club is also allowed to unseat Nadal as world number one.
The precedent for a third Grand Slam final between the two was in the U.S. Open in 2010 and this time the victory went to Rafael Nadal.
Djokovic and Nadal will play this Sunday in Melbourne thirty-faced, with a favorable balance to Spanish of 16 wins for 13 victories last year while Djokovic won in the six times they faced off, all in the end and the three potential surfaces.
In five-set matches, have met on seven occasions, with five wins for Spanish, twice at Roland Garros in a Davis Cup tie at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, while Djokovic wins first last year reached the finals of Wimbledon and U.S. Open.
Publish 15 January 2012 in The Player -
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Do not want to customize the start to the season in a duel with Djokovic
Rafa Nadal said in his appearance before his debut release on Monday at the Australia Open, facing the first Grand Slam of the season with a preparation "better off than they had dreamed for three weeks," as it is fully recovered from discomfort in the shoulder.
Questioned by the changes made in the racket, first in the string and now the weight of it, the Spaniard tennis player said they are "relative risk" and stressed that "if the season goes wrong I will because I played badly not for the racket. "
"It helps me hit harder. The reverse I get the ball a little easier, but do not know if it`s because you`re hitting better or for the racket. I also can help with the train service when the problem either because the I went shoulder cautiously. I also can help more with the ball high right, "he said.
Nadal did not want to customize the season in a match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia said that although "the best because last year was a fantastic season and is currently the number one" there "so many great players." "I will fight every moment here to try again to compete with everyone and have a chance to win. We are starting the season and try to improve a few things I need. I am healthy and that`s the first most important thing. I`m ready to work hard, "he emphasized.
On the day on Saturday held the first annual meeting of the Association of Spanish players and said that most of the players are in favor of improving certain aspects of the sport to not cause physical wear so important, but declined to speak on any time to go on strike.
When Roger Federer said that he disagreed with the criticisms that have shed players to the organization of the circuit, Nadal did not agree with the Swiss, as he insisted that although tennis is better organized than other sports, there are aspects must improve and that most of the players wish.
Publish 15 January 2012 in The Player -
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The Serbian Novak Djokovic, current world number one and top seed, will debut in the Australia Open tennis, the first Grand Slam of the season against Italian Paolo Lorenzi, while Rafael Nadal will have to wait until the end of phase qualification to meet his first opponent
Switzerland´s Roger Federer, seeded third, will also have to wait for the qualification phase to meet the opponent with the launching in the tournament, while David Ferrer, fifth seed will face Portugal´s Rui Machado.

Britain´s Andy Murray, seeded fourth, will the other side of the track when you touch a debut to American Ryan Harrison and Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga, sixth, they have to do with the Uzbek Denis Istomin.
Nicolas Almagro, tenth favorite, will face Polish Lukasz Kubot, while Fernando Verdasco (22), fight the Australian Bernard Tomic, Feliciano Lopez (18) they have to do with Argentina Leonardo Mayer, Marcel Granollers (26) with American Jesse Levine.
Other Spanish to enter the fray are Pablo Andujar, who will face Russian Igor Kunitsyn, Daniel Gimeno Traver also Russian to Alex Bogomolov Jr., Juan Carlos Ferrero to Serbian Viktor Troicki: Guillermo Garcia Lopez Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, Albert fellow Montañéz Pere Riba, and Albert Ramos and Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych.
In the women´s first-seeded Caroline Wozniacki Danish debut at the Australian Anastasia Rodionova, while the Czech Petra Kvitova, second seed, they will have with Russian Vera Dushevina.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish only included among the top seeds with the number 26, will debut in the tournament with the Czech Eva Biernerova, while Laura Pous Tio they have to do with the tenth favorite Italian Francesca Schiavone.
Silvia Soler Espinosa will debut at the American Sloane Stephens, Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Serbia Ana Ivanovic (21), and Carla Suarez Navarro Irina Romanian Camelia Begu.
Pairings of the main male heads series:
Novak Djokovic (SRB, 1) - Paolo Lorenzi
Rafael Nadal (ESP, 2) - classified
Roger Federer (SUI, 3) - classified
Andy Murray (GBR, 4) - Ryan Harrison (USA)
David Ferrer (ESP, 5) - Rui Machado (POR)
Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 6) - Denis Istomin (UZB)
Tomas Berdych (CZE, 7) - Albert Ramos (ESP)
Mardy Fisch (USA, 8) - Gilles Muller (LUX)
Tipsarevi Janko (SRB, 9) - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP, 10) - Lukasz Kubot (POL)
- Matches of the main women´s seedings:
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN, 1) - Radionov Anastasia (RUS)
Petra Kvitova (CZE, 2) - Vera Dushevina (RUS)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR, 3) - Heather Watson (GBR)
Maria Sharapova (RUS, 4) - Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Li Na (CHN, 5) - Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
Samantha Stosur (AUS, 6) - Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS, 7) - Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL, 8) - Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA)
Marion Bartoli (FRA, 9) - Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA 10) - Laura Pous Tio (ESP).
Publish 05 January 2012 in The Player -
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APPEALS TO WORK AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPROVEMENT TO RETURN TO WINNING TITLES
Rafael Nadal said on Monday in Doha, whose tournament played this week, will continue to work hard to remain competitive and try to win the number 1, Novak Djokovic, and other rivals. "What I can say is that I will work hard to be competitive enough to play well against everyone, not just against him (Djokovic), because the first thing to do is get to the finals and that is very difficult to do, "he said.

Nadal, who will debut in Doha against German Philipp Kohlschreiber, said "everyone thinks that Djokovic will be difficult to overcome, not just me. One can not always be on top. I lost against him in all the finals last year, but just did it against him. that´s a good thing. he was better than me and that was it, "he said. The Spaniard said he did not know if you exceed this year. "All I know is I have to train to improve my game and that´s what I´ll try. I do not know if I´ll be able to beat him or lose him another hundred times more," he said.
Nadal, apart from insisting that continue to work the most, explained that his intention is to continue playing as before giving the maximum in the sporting aspect and mood. "If you work hard in physical appearance, but your mind is not right you´re not competitive and hungry to fight for the win and fight for every ball. If you´re not ready to combine the two is very difficult to be competitive," said .
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