Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Dubai Championships title, beating Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 yesterday in a rain-delayed final in the United Arab Emirates.

Leading 7-5, 2-0 before rain suspended play on Saturday, the second-seeded Serb won his 17th career title in a match lasting 3 hours, 21 minutes. . . .

Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian to win an ATP Tour title when he upset second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 at the Delray Beach International Championships in Florida.
Alisa Kleybanova won her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, beating top-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian final.

The 21-year-old Kleybanova dominated the Olympic champion, using her raw power and booming first serve to earn most of her points. . . .

Nicolas Almagro will replace the injured Juan Carlos Ferrero for Spain’s Davis Cup tie against Switzerland on March 5-7.

Rank   Name & Nationality   Points   Position Moved   Tournaments Played
1  Federer, Roger (SUI)  11,350  0  19
2  Djokovic, Novak (SRB)  8,310  0  21
3  Nadal, Rafael (ESP)  7,440  0  18
4  Murray, Andy (GBR)  7,255  0  17
5  Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG)  6,275  0  19
6  Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS)  5,290  0  27
7  Soderling, Robin (SWE)  3,905  0  27
8  Roddick, Andy (USA)  3,720  0  20
9  Cilic, Marin (CRO)  2,970  0  23
10  Gonzalez, Fernando (CHI)  2,925  0  20

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Novak Djokovic 2010

Novak Djokovic is yet to be tested at this year’s Australian Open as he came through another straight forward match against Lukasz Kubot winning 6-1 6-2 7-5.

Of the eight men left in the competition Djokovic has had the easiest draw and has come into some fine form in the last week.

Djokovic need just twenty eight minutes to wrap up the opening set as there was little resistance from Kubot, who made it to the quarter finals after his fourth round opponent Youzney had to withdraw with injury.

I was more of the same in the second as Djokovic, who is hoping to get his hands on the Australian Open title for the second time after winning in 2007, needed another thirty three minutes to take a two set lead.

However Kubot wasn’t finished and finally in the third set Djokovic had a match on his hand as the Pole began to fight back. Read the rest of this entry »

Novak Djokovic defeated Istomin Denis 6:1 6:1 6:2.