23June2009
Djokovic needs 4 sets in his first encounter at Wimbledon 2009
The 2009 Wimbledon Championship has just started. The 3rd Grand Slam of the season will have a new winner this year as last year’s Champion and World No 1, Rafa Nadal has retired from playing on the stylish English grass courts. The Spaniard suffers from knee problems and needs a serious recovery.
Novak Djokovic has started his Wimbledon campaign a little bit hesitant. The Serbian player lost the first set of his encounter against the Frenchman, Julien Benneteau. Benneteau won the tiebreak of the first set and seemed ready to produce the upset.
Djokovic recovered in the right moment and won the second set tiebreak to avoid a potential 5 set encounter. The Serbian won eventually in 4 sets as Benneteau failed to keep up the pace in sets number 3 and 4.
Novak needs a good tournament in England especially after the disappointing Roland Garros 3rd round exit. Watch Wimbledon live on your computer and see Djokovic live in action.
29May2009
FOURTH seed Novak Djokovic outclassed Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky in a straight sets victory at Roland Garros to book his place in the third round.
The match was stopped at 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday night due to bad light but Djokovic - who lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the warm-up tournament in Madrid - made light work of the final set, winning 6-1.The Serbian raced into a 5-0 lead before Stakhovsky restored some pride late on - breaking Djokovic to make it 5-1.
But he was broken back as Djokovic - who has reached the semi-final in his last two appearances at the French Open - sealed the win in no mood to hang around. Djokovic has enjoyed a fantastic start to the clay-court season, having captured the Serbian Open earlier this month, and shows no signs of slowing as he faces Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round. Meanwhile, Fernando Verdasco booked his place in the fourth round after beating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 (10-8). »
21May2009
The clay court season is reaching its highpoint. The Roland Garros is about to start. After 3 Master Series events played on the outdoor clay courts of Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid the tennis world is getting ready for the 2nd Grand Slam event of the season.
The French Open starts on May the 24th and will mark the halfway of this season. Rafael Nadal failed last week to accomplish the clay court hat-trick after losing the Madrid Masters Final against his arch rival, Roger Federer. But a big contribution to Federer’s win had Novak Djokovic.
Nole played a superb semi-final against Rafael Nadal. The match was a record in terms of duration. It was the longest tennis encounter ever played in the 2 out of 3 sets system. Djokovic lost dramatically a semi-final that he seemed to control until the last moments. Novak won the first set 6-3 and control the most part of the 2nd set. The Spaniard never gave up though and proved once again that his the best tennis player in activity. Rafa won set 2 and 3 with 7-6 and finished the match after 4 hours and 2 minutes.
Djokovic left the Magic Box court shaking his head again and again failing to understand how he lost for the 3rd clay court masters tournament against Nadal.The question for all Nole’s fans is: Has the Serbian learned from all of this and is he ready to win the French Open? I guess we will have to wait and see. However Nole needs to improve his stamina as a Grand Slam encounter is a completely diferent affair. Watch the Roland Garros live and see what happens!
14April2009
The Monte Carlo Masters is the next important tournament in the ATP schedule for this season. Novak Djokovic and the rest of the tennis stars traveled to Monte Carlo for a full week of outdoor clay court tennis. The Serbian started his run in the Monaco Masters today in the 2nd round of the tournament.
Novak defeated the Spanish qualifier Oscar Hernandez in straight sets, 6-1 6-2. Djokovic confirmed later at the press conference that he accommodated withthe Monte Carlo clay better as expected and that he looks forward to play in the final stages of the tournament.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will enter the competition today in the 2nd round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Andy Murray played today also and advanced to the third round after a straight sets win over Romanian, Victor Hanescu.
You can get more information about the Monaco tennis action, by watching the Monte Carlo Masters live online.
1April2009
The Indian Wells has flown by and the ATP tennis world is now in the later stages of the Miami Masters. Novak Djokovic has easily obtained the qualification for this stage of the tournament after straight sets win over other lower ranked opponents. Novak is in the quest of his first trophy of the season. 2009 is certainly not Djokovic’s best year so far. The Serbian player had already won 2 trophies by this stage of the season in 2008, the Australian Open and the Indian Wells title. This year Andy Roddick was there to stop him. Roddick defeated Novak in the quarter-finals of the Aussie Open and Indian Wells. Novak faces Jo Wilfried Tsonga today for a place in the semi-finals. The main draw of this Miami tournament was positive for Novak, who avoided Roddick in this stage of the competition. Andy will play in thesecond semi-final of the day against Roger Federer, while Nadal, Murray are favorites for Friday’s last 2 quarter-final meetings. Another Roddick versus Djokovic clash will become unavoidable if the two stars win their matches, today. Follow all the drama of the Miami Masters 2009 and watch the Miami Masters live online.
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