Serbia's Novak Djokovic crushed Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 7-5 to win the Masters Cup Sunday, underlining his credentials as a major challenger to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the top of men's tennis.
The Australian Open champion, who lost all his matches without winning a set on his debut at the...
"Novak Djokovic lets $1m bonus slip away"
Novak Djokovic's loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1-6 7-5 6-1) in his last match of the golden group of the Masters Cup cost him more than $1 million.
Djokovic was on track for a $1,072,403 bonus to remain unbeaten if he won his last round-robin match but he was not able to do so.
Questioned about the squandered prizemoney Djokovic said: "No,
Novak Djokovic to unfold the Slavic battle in Bratislava
n 2005, three consecutive home victories enabled Slovak Republic to enjoy a thrilling run to the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final, where the team, led by Dominik Hrbaty, eventually succumbed to Croatian brilliance after five nerve-racking live rubbers.
Almost three years later, the atmosphere in Bratislava is likely to become comparably
Photos: Novak Djokovic dances with Slovakian singer Sisa Sklovska
Novak Djokovic always likes to have fun and enjoy a good time and before the Davis Cup the world number showed his dacing skills at the Welcome party.
Djokovic danced with Slovakian singer Sisa Sklovska during the party in Bratislava.
Serbia will play a Davis Cup match against Slovakia this weekend.
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Novak Djokovic to launch Australian Open defense in Brisbane
The Brisbane International is a new event that has been added to the tennis calendar and Novak Djokovic will be part of it before the Australian Open .
Djokovic said he had chosen the tournament to begin his preparations for the first grand slam of 2009 because it had the same court surface as at Melbourne Park.
“It is the perfect
It's been some time since last post here at Novak's fan blog, now it's the time to look back on Novak's progress in the last 4 months. Novak's career was in co-relationship with a group of youngsters from Belgrade Serbia who took the world of tennis by surprised to come from a small country with not great tennis tradition.Other youngsters from that group include WTA tennis players Ana Ivanovic and
Novak Djokovic Interview - Toronto, July 24
N. DJOKOVIC d. R. Soderling 6-4, 6-4
Q. Were you pleased to close that out so efficiently?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Yeah, sure. Straight-set win is always good. I had same scores in the first two rounds. I played more or less in the level which was satisfying for me.
I played enough -- as much as I needed to play. Although in the start of the match, as it
Toronto 2008 - Novak Djokovic Thursday Interview
Defending champion Novak Djokovic is pleased to come through his third round match against Robin Soderling in straight sets.
Novak Djokovic advances to Rogers Cup quarter-finals with win over Soderling
Novak Djokovic, third seed and defending champion, made it to the quarterfinals of the Master in Toronto today with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Robin Soderling.
"I played more or less at the level which was satisfying for me," Djokovic said.
Gilles Simon, who upset Roger Federer in the second round, continued his
Beijing 2008 Olympic spotlight on...Novak Djokovic
Q: What are your early memories of the Olympic Games?
ND: I always dreamed of playing in the Olympic Games.In the first place, because the Games has the biggest tradition in sports and it's an event which unites all the professional athletes all around the world. It's very special. I remember as a kid I followed every single Olympics and I
Novak Djokovic, Adidas and 2012 Olympics Games in London - Photos
Novak Djokovic and Boris Johnson, mayor for the city of London, played a little tennis outside of the County Hall in Westminster to promote the sport and tell the kids to go out and play and also to launch a new initiative by Adidas, Novak's sponsor, which will see five new 'adidas 2012 zones' built ahead of the London Olympic
Novak Djokovic: Roger Federer is struggling
By ROB HARRIS, Associated Press Writer
Novak Djokovic thinks Roger Federer is vulnerable after a lopsided French Open loss and that he is one of several players who could end the Swiss star’s five-year reign at Wimbledon.
No. 3-ranked Djokovic beat Federer in the Australian Open semifinals en route to winning his first major title in January.
“So
The Big Interview: Novak Djokovic
By Paul Kimmage
I’ve known Djokovic for years because we grew up playing in the juniors together. I still speak to him and get on with him now we are on the tour together, but you get to the stage where you don’t want to be too close. Many people like his personality, including his famous impressions of other players. He does great take-offs of players’ ser
Novak Djokovic Books Final Date With Rafael Nadal
Second seed Novak Djokovic cruised through to his first grass court final after crushing former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinal on Saturday.
Djokovic, the reigning Australian Open champion, took just 48 minutes to overcome Nalbandian and set up a mouth-watering final with top seed Rafael Nadal.
“Having these
Novak Djokovic Roland Garros Semifinal Press Conference
Q. You had him constantly under pressure on his serve in his last six service games. What adjustment did you make at that point in the second set to finally get on top of his serve?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: It was the third set that I managed to do something about his game and about today's match. The first two sets, especially the second set, was
Rafael Nadal, tem anos 22 e é neste momento o jogador nº2 do circuito ATP. A realizar um ano de 2008 razoável é neste momento o 2º também na ATP Race. Chegou às finais do Australian Open onde perdeu frente a Tsonga. E nas duas Masters disputadas em piso duro chegou à final de Miami [...]
Novak Djokovic ready to test Nadal’s credentials
By Pritha Sarkar
With a reputation of being the practical joker on tour, Novak Djokovic will be hoping he has the last laugh when he faces three-times champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open semi-finals on Friday.
Ranked second and third in the world, Nadal and Djokovic had expected to run into each other but in the other semi-final, world
Novak Djokovic increases the heat on Rafael Nadal
By Paul Newman
Like a middle-distance front-runner trying to hold off his challengers, Rafael Nadal turned into the French Open finishing straight yesterday with Novak Djokovic at his shoulder and Roger Federer poised to make his own break for the line.
Nadal could hardly have made more convincing progress on his way to Friday's semi-finals,
O Open de França está ao rubro. Nadal tem varrido todos os seus adversários e o último foi o seu compatriotra Almagro um especialista de terra batida com uma vassourada de 6-1 6-1 6-1.
Chega às meias finais cheio de confiança e cheirando uma final com Federer. Mas para tal agora tem finalmente alguém para lhe [...]
Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic: the dream semi-final
By Matthew Cronin
It was not written in stone before the tournament began, but the Roland Garros stonemason surely must have at least carved the initials of three-time champion Rafael Nadal and world No3 Novak Djokovic into his semi-final bracket.
On Tuesday, Nadal played one of his best matches ever in a 6-1 6-1 6-1 whitewash of fellow
Novak Djokovic Sets Up Nadal Semifinal Showdown
ATP World No. 3 Novak Djokovic reached his second straight Roland Garros semifinal with a 7-5, 7-6(3), 7-5 victory over Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday in Paris.
The 21-year-old Djokovic is now through to his fifth consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. He joins Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl (twice) and Boris Becker as the only men to have
Novak Djokovic Roland Garros Post Match Press Conference Quarterfinal
Q. Do you think we've seen someone out there today who you had to play really well to beat who could be in and amongst the very best players in the world in the not too distant future?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, that's one of the possibilities. He has all the elements in the game to do so. He has great potential, and he's a very
Novak Djokovic reaches French Open semis
By Pritha Sarkar
Novak Djokovic did not let sentimentality or gathering storm clouds blur his focus as he eked out a 7-5 7-6 7-5 win over childhood friend Ernests Gulbis to reach the semi-finals of the French Open on Tuesday.
Third seed Djokovic had sparred with Latvian Gulbis at the Niki Pilic academy in Munich and their all-too familiar games led to
Novak Djokovic: There’s work to do before facing Nadal in Paris
By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer
Novak Djokovic will leave the looking ahead to others. If he’s to be believed, the No. 3-ranked Djokovic has more immediate concerns than a possible French Open semifinal against No. 2 Rafael Nadal or final against No. 1 Roger Federer.
First things first at Roland Garros for Djokovic: a
Novak Djokovic Rolls On; Gulbis Advances to First Grand Slam QF
World No. 3 Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the third straight year with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 18 seed Paul-Henri Mathieu on Sunday.
Djokovic, who advanced to the quarterfinals (or better) in his fifth consecutive Grand Slam tournament, will face Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis for the first
Novak Djokovic Roland Garros Post Match Press Conference 4th Round
Q. You're still to find your very best level, but do you feel like you're playing better with each match?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Yeah, that's what I was saying the last press conference, that I'm trying to get involved more and step it up.
So today I was ‑‑ I was happy with the way I played. I think it was much better than the las
Novak Djokovic eyeing French title
Novak Djokovic believes his victory at the Australian Open earlier this year has given him the confidence to win another Grand Slam.
The Serbian swept into the quarterfinals of the French Open on Sunday with a workmanlike 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Paul Henri Mattieu.
Following the win, Djokovic admitted he is beginning to develop a champion’s
Novak Djokovic cruises at French Open
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic coasted into the quarterfinals of the French Open on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu.
The reigning Australian Open champion, Djokovic was hardly bothered by the partisan home crowd as he was crisp in all facets of his game en route to reaching the round of eight for the third straight year.
Novak Djokovic, tem anos 20 e é neste momento o jogador nº3 do circuito ATP. Iniciou o ano de 2008 da melhor maneira possível ao vencer o Australian Open derrotando o nº1 mundial Federer na meia-final e Tsonga na final. Além do Grand Slam, Djokovic venceu ainda a Masters de Miami derrotando na meia-final Nadal [...]
Juan Ignacio Chela: é o actual número 39 do ranking ATP Chela é um jogador muito conhecido e somou muito bons resultados ao longo dos últimos anos, porém ultimamente tem estado em muito má forma. As boas prestações são raras e a confiança está em níveis muito baixos. O serviço anda bastante fraco, com muitas [...]
E chegam as meias finais do Master de Monte Carlo, e que mais se quer, quando se tem teoricamente os 4 melhores jogadores do ranking ATP? Tem tudo para as meias finais e a final serem grandes jogos. Mas vamos agora ao que interessa!
Roger Federer, nº 1 do Ranking Mundial que tem batido records atrás [...]
In this morning's, Monday April 14th, ATP list Novak Djokovic remained at #3 position with 4785 points. Roger Federer is at #1 with 6600 points, Roger Federer at #2 with 5930 points, and Nikolay Davydenko at #4 with 3175.Novak still leads in the Race with 331 points while Rafael is at #2 with 249 and Nikolay at #3 with 191 points. Novak decided not to participate in Estoril played this week where he won title in 2007. Novak will next be on court in Monte Carlo (21-18 April) played on red clay for the total prize money $2.270.000. As for the rumor we covered in last post about Maria Sharapova being related to Novak on personal level, it most likely is a false info, I participated in one forum on the Internet and most people there stated that the given pictures of Maria and Novak were taken
The biggest news after first 3 months of the season seemed to be that Roger Federer has not won anything yet. At the beginning of April, even bigger news, or news of the year, could be... well I'm not the one who is spreading gossip around but since everyone started talking about... rumors say Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova may be a couple.Swedish site dedicated to tennis (tennistalk.com) published the above picture of Novak and Maria at a party in Miami. Here can be seen video of Maria and Novak leaving the club together on the back seat of Maria's cars while her agent was driving: all is just a rumor, since this Novak's fan blog covers everything related to Novak, I covered the story or rumor whatever it is at the moment. Tennistalk.com said more that Novak enjoyed himself at the Op
Novak Djokovic promoted his monography 'My First Grand Slam' on Saturday, April 06, in his home town Belgrade, during that occasion hosted in the French cultural center, he expressed hopes the readers will enjoy reading his first book.Novak: 'Winning Australian Open in January is the biggest success of my career, fulfillment of the dream. On top of that, I had the prevelage to do it already at the age of 20, I won over many good tennis players, among them the best one (Roger Federer)'.Novak: 'Even now when I look at this book, I get chills and it brings me back to the central court in Melbourne'. Novak excused himself to the French ambasador for the lack of knowledge of French language: 'Never mind, the time will come for me to work on it as I plan to win Roland Gaross as well'.The French
Novak Djokovic prolonged the sponsorship deal with Telecom Serbia on Friday, April 04, successful cooperation that lasts for 5 years already, and now should boost Novak's aspirations toward the ATP World #1 position.Novak said: 'It's my great pleasure for our long-lasting cooperation to continue. Telecom is one of the rare companies that backed me up since the beginning of my career. As a top sportsman and perfectionist I want to have the best cooperators around me, that's why I hope my cooperation with Telecom will last for a long time in the future'.Branko Radujkov, Telecom's general director, said: 'I thank Novak for finding time to promote continuation of our cooperation. Telecom Serbia supports sportsmen not only those on the top, but when they need it too. Telecom recognized a champi
After canceling participation at Estoril that starts in 10 days, Novak has more time to rest and for off-court activities. Yesterday, Wednesday April 03, Novak visited Kosovo, southern part of Serbia that recently declared independence by non-Serb population.Along with humanitarian help that Serbs receive living in harsh conditions in Kosovo, Novak gave his spiritual support. Greeted by thousands of people in Kosovska Mitrovica, Novak said: We have once again shown how many of us there are, and that we are fighting. All of my victories are your victories too. You must know that both me and my family will always be with you. I love you'.Novak: 'This place is really deep, deep within my heart, I will keep returning here always, whenever I can, and I will provide support to the people that ne
Portuguese media announced that Novak will not defend his title in Estoril (Portugal) due to his exhaustion and need to rest. Estoril marks the beginning of clay season, even though Novak is not a 'specialist' for a particular surface (like Roger Federer is for grass and Rafael Nadal for clay), Novak said he prefers clay the least. The line-up of players participating in Estoril is significant for a €370.000 event, to name the few: Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivo Carlovic... and interestingly for the first time there will be no Spaniards participating in the tournament.To remind us on Estoril 2007, Novak won the title as a #3 against Richard Gasquet in 3 sets, 7:6(7) 0:6 6:1 after 2 hours and 12 minutes of play. Winner of Estoril will earn 200 ATP points and €74.000 in prize mone
After early exit from Miami Open, and two week pause until Estoril (Portugal), Novak took time to visit Gustavo Kuerten's (triple champion of Roland Gaross) fare-well-to-tennis party in Miami, along with Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alberto Costa, Nicolas Lapentti and Magnus Norman. Novak then flew back to Europe and his home town Belgrade.Today, Wednesday April 02, it has been announced that Belgrade will likely host a WTA Tier II $750.000 tournament in 2009 where Ana Ivanovic (WTA World #2) and Jelena Jankovic (WTA World #3) should participate in. Novak and his family have expressed their wishes to invest $10 million in buying land to build tennis facilities for hosting an ATP tournament in Belgrade. Novak will likely spend time in Belgrade to talk with the city officials on that matter. Novak h
Novak Djokovic lost in Round 2 (his first match in the tournament) against Kevin Anderson in 3 sets, 7:6(1) 3:6 6:4. The only way to describe the match is 'ups'!Kevin, who played 'futures' and 'challengers' just 3 months ago, showed in early stage of the match just how much he improved. He won his service games with easy and gave no chances to Novak for breaks.The only break point Novak had was at 6:5 and 40:30, unfortunately he did not use the opportunity and the set went to tie-break. Usually this ment 'no problemo' for winning the set for Novak who is known as 'king of the tie-breaks' but this time Novak was himself.In tie-break Novak won only 1 point, even that 1 point was thanks to Kevin who made a double service fault when leading 1:0.Second set made the things look like coming to th
'Once upon a time' world best tennis player Bjern Borg expressed in Spanish sports newspapers 'Marka' his belief that Novak Djokovic will soon overthrow Roger Federer from #1 position: 'It's obvious that Novak will become world #1 soon'.Winner of 11 Grand Slams added that Novak is not the only one contending for the world #1 position: 'When you see him play, you see he shines out great open-heartiness and huger for victories', said Bjern who ended his career at the age of 28.Bjern said that imititations that Novak makes are of equal quality to Novak's good tennis play, added: 'I wouldn't mind Novak imitate me one day as well'.And this is what the World #1 himself, Roger Federer, had to say in interview given in Miami this week: 'I know that Novak wants my throne and for now he is on his be
Novak Djokovic is #3 seed in Miami, just like last week in Indian Wells, as well he will possibly match up with Guillermo Canas and Rafael Nadal the same as in Indian Wells.Novak will be free in Round 1, in Round 2 he awaits the winner of Augustin Callieri vs. Qualifier. In Round 3, Novak could meet Igor Andreev (winner of comeback of the year in the 2007 ATP Awards held yesteday in Miami), then most likely in Round 4 await him Guillermo Canas or Ferdando Gonzales.In possible Quarterfinal match, Novak can play against Richard Gasquet. Then in the Semifinals, he could play against Rafael Nadal (in Rafael's part of the draw three are players such as James Blake, David Nalbandian, Carlos Moya, Ivan Ljubicic, Radek Stepanek...).Novak left Indian Wells yesterday, Tuesday March 25th, two days af
Novak Djokovic started the year in best possible way, winning the two biggest tournaments and still rejects to admit that he is in better form than any other player at the moment.World #3 won Grand Slam in January, passed most of February due to health problems and won 9th ATP title last week at the Master Series Tournament in Indian Wells. Novak's words:'This is a great result, obviously things all falling into their places. I begin to believe in myself more than I did last year. When someone starts winning the trophies, he proves foremost to himself then to other that he has the quality to be on top. It's just a thing of mental capabilities and mental toughness. I worked on it for teh past 2 year and I think I achieved it with the experience.'I know it needs a lot of hard work to survive
Novak Djokovic has won the Indian Wells title winning over Mardy Fish in the Final in 3 sets, 6:2 7:5 6:3. With Ana Ivanovic (Novak's compatriot) winning Indian Wells title in women's competition, out of fun some have referred to Indian Wells as Serbian Wells.Novak won 9th ATP title and proved his the most dominant player this season. After winning the first Grand Slam of the season, Novak dominated in the season's first Masters Series tournament. In front of 18.000 spectators, Novak won first set with 6:2.In 2nd Novak won 2 break games and led 4:2 and it seemed it will be a fast finish of the match with Novak on serve. Though, Mardy made the match more interesting equalling to 5:5 in games, Mardy won a break and after a powerful service game won the set 5:7 to become the only player this
Video Novak Djokovic Vs Mardy Fish - Masters Series Indian Wells 2008
Novak Djokovic se consagró campeón del primer Masters Series del año, Indian Wells 2008. Venció al estadounidense Mardy Fish en tres sets. El resultado fue 6-2, 5-7 y 6-3.
Novak Djokovic Empezó de forma arrolladora, con tres juegos a su favor en el arranque. Fish reaccionó al romper el saque al serbio y a punto estuvo de
Novak Djokovic overcame last year's Indian Wells title winner Rafael Nadal in straigth sets, 6:3 6:2. It was yet another Novak's powerful perfomance, yet another straigth sets sets win.. could he be any better? :)On a sunny Californian day, Novak fully controled the match, he's services were unbeatable and he constantly put pressure on Rafael's service points, it all eventually led to almost easy win in 87 minutes of play in front of 15.000 spectators in the world's second largest tennis stadium.Key moment in first set happened at 4:3 when Novak made a break for a 5:3, and won the set by keeping his serve. In pause between two sets, Rafael asked for medical help suffering problems with leg thumb.Beginning of second set, Rafael seemed to have the power to bounce back and took 2:1 lead and w
Novak Djokovic is in the Indian Wells Semifinals after a win over Stanislas Wawrinka in two sets, 7:6 6:2, after more than 2 hours of play. Novak is now a step away from the Final he played in last year.At this point of the Masters Series tournament, one must look back on all what Novak has achieved in the last year/year and a half, success after success, breaking records, moving fast forward in ATP rankings, first Tier I title, Grand Slam title..Now Novak is proving reputation of a Top 3 player, he cruised into the Indian Wells Semifinals in a way that look almost sub-real with all straigth sets wins playing better and better.As a matter of fact, Novak has progressed so much and established himself so high in the world of tennis that now reporters refer to Novak's hard match even when he
Novak Djokovic made yet another brilliant performance in Indian Wells, it was the 'same old' in Round 4, straight sets win in a short match, this time it was againt Guillermo Canas 6:2 6:3 in 80 minutes of play.Djokovic was controling the match from its very tart. Guillermo, World #16, was never in lead and this is what Novak had to say after the match: 'Only top players progress in play a match after match, I think I got that characteristic too'.Novak added: 'We all know how dangerous opponent can Guillermo be, thus I'm even more satisfied after a convincing win. Novak will now play against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka who dispatched Huing Taik Lee from Korea in 3 sets, 6:1 5:7 6:4.Stanislas is 22 year old (23rd birthday next week), 182cm tall, 79 in weight, current World #35, #33 in Race, wi
Tipster: slb85 / Guillermo Canas vs Novak Djokovic - ATP Indian Wells
Guillermo Canas, nº 16 do Ranking Mundial, deu-me a entender no último jogo não estar em grandes condições físicas. E isso notou-se ainda mais a partir do meio do 2º set. Muito parado de movimentos, com aquela sensação que aqueles musculos podem rasgar a [...]
Today's Round 4 matches give us the answer who are to be the Quarterfinals participants of ATP Masters Series Tournaments in Indian Wells 2008. Novak match is #4 on schedule and will not start before 2.15pm local time. Novak is seen as a strong favorite to win the match, the only player given greater chances to win against the opponent in 8 matchs of this Round is Roger Federer against Ivan Ljubicic. Highly interesting matches of the day will be Rafael Nadal (Indian Wells' defending champion) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Australian Open 2008 Finalist) with predicted chances 60-40% for win in Rafael favore.Here are Novak's some more thoughts on the upcoming match: 'I played Guillermo one time in Miami last year, and I played one of my best tennis, I think, in that final. It was a three set victo
Novak Djokovic is on the roll, this time it was Philipp Kohlschreiber who faced Novak and suffered convincing loss in straigth sets, 3:6 2:6. Match lasted only 69 minutes and Novak got additional time to rest ahead of tonight's Quarterfinals. Novak heads to the Indian Wells Final like an express train and we will see if there is anyone to stop his force, this is what he had to say after Round 3: 'I believe I have a new quality in my play. I finally realized how to play introduction matches in the tournaments'. 'It is good I didn't get too much tired against Phillipp, even though I didn't play the best I can. I need to spend my energy rationally'. Now, Novak will play against Argentinian Guillermo Canas who won against compatriot Juan Monaco in 3 sets, 6:3 6:7(1) 6:2 in a match that lasted
O Canete participa na II Liga Sportingbet / ApostaGanha e criou um prognóstico de apostas desportivas para este jogo do Pacific Life Open / ATP Indian Wells 2008, que passamos a citar:
Novak Djokovic vs Philipp Kohlschreiber - Pacific Life Open / ATP Indian Wells 2008
Novak Djokovic, Indian Wells' #3 seed, started the tournament successfully as expected. Novak won over Italian Andreas Seppi in two sets 6:3 7:6 (7:3) and once again proved he's a tie-break specialist.In the first set, Novak made a break in 4th game to make it 3:1 which was enough for securing the set by keeping serve games later on, 6:3. Novak used the same tactics in the second set, he waited for the chance that came in the fifth game to take a break game lead to 3:2. Novak didn't manage to keep the serve games and lost one in 10th game when Andreas made it 5:5, a lot of credits to for Andreas not giving up and fighting hard until the very end.Novak made a re-break for 6:5 lead but again lost his serve for 6:6 in game. In the tie-break, it was Novak's time, as it usually. Novak, also kno
Novak Djokovic,, as #3 seed, will be free in Round 1 of Indian Wells. Round 2 will bring Novak either Italian Andreas Seppi or one of the 12 Qualifiers. Novak's opponent, Andreas is a 23 year old, current World #40, #57 in the Race, with career high in Singles at #39 on February 25th 2008, highlights in 2008 include ATP Quarterfinal in Rotterdam, win in Bergamo Challenger in Singles and Doubles.In all, Andreas is in life time form with recently accomplished career highest ranking. Andreas and Novak played 2 times previuosly with Novak winning both matches, in 2007 in Vienna (hard surface, 6:4 6:3) and Rotterdam 2006 (hard surface, 6:2 2:6 7:5).Novak played in Indian Wells' Final last year (lost to Rafael Nadal) and is defending 350 ATP points. He could match up with Rafael in the Semi-Fina
Dubai will see none of the Top #5 seeds in the Final match, Novak #3 seed lost to Andy Roddick and #4 seed Nikolay Davydenko against Feliciano Lopez. Andy was not active in the top tournaments going on around Europe since the Australian Open, he spent that time participating in smaller tournaments in his home country.Novak lost in 2 sets 6:7 3:6 in a match that lasted less than 90 minutes First set passed in both players showing powerful serves, and eventually came down to tie-break where Andy managed to win the set. Novak had 9 aces, 22 out of 23 won points on first serve, 2 break points in first set.Andy had only 61% success of first serves, still he was best when it was the mst important and made two 'mini-breaks' in tie-break to win it 7:5. It was the first set that Novak lost in Dubai
Novak Djokovic accomplished another easy 2:0 win and has reached the Dubai Final, this time the win came against the World #34 Russian Igor Andreev 6:2 6:1 after only 55 minutes of play.With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal out, Novak is the highest ranked player in the Semi-finalw and a favorite to win his 9th ATP career title. Novak and Igor met twice last year on clay surface and clay seems to be the only surface where Igor is a good enough match for Novak.After 2:2 in first set, Novak made 5 breaks and allowed Igor to win only one game. Novak will now play in the Semi-finals against #6 seed Andy Roddick who won against World #2 Rafael Nadal 6:6 6:2 in the Quarterfinals.Semi-final match Novak - Andy will be the second time that they meet, one time they play against each other was last yea
Novak Djokovic made another easy win in Dubai, this time in Round 2 against Fabrice Santoro with 2:0 in sets 6:3 7:6 in the match that lasted 1 hours and 38 minutes. In 1st set, Novak made a break at 2:1 in games, kept his service games where he won 94% of points on first serve and eventually won the set 6:3. Fabrice, a Frenchman born in Tahiti who started playing professional tennis when Novak was 2 years old, played much better in 2nd set and had 4 break opportunities, managing only 1 of them to use for 3:1 lead. Novak followed with winning a break and the set was tied to 6:6 in games. Novak is known as a 'tie-break specialist' and he gave little change to Fabrice, World #47, Novak won the tie break 7:3 and commented after the match: 'I started the match good as I was highly motivated fo
Novak made it to the Round 1 of Dubai in the manner of an experienced player, he won the Round 1 match in 1 hour 18 minutes against Marin Cilic, former Junior #2, now World #45 in the ATP Rankings.In 1st set, decisive was the fifth game where Novak made a break without giving away a single point to his opponent. In 2nd set, 19-year old Marin lost serve games on two occasions, enough for Novak's 6:3 win. In contrast to Marin, Novak ruled the court when on serve, giving away only 1 point per serve game (38/51).Novak will now play against French veteran Fabrice Santoro who accomplished good result in Round 1 by beating Mikhail Youzhny with 2:0 in sets (6:4 6:3). Novak played one match against Fabrice who is current World #47, it was in the Paris Masters in 2007 when Fabrice won.Rafael Nadal a
Novak said he is looking forward to the match with Croatian Marin Cilic in Round 1 in Dubai, where he is #3 seed: 'It's always a challenge when you play against a player for the first time. As World #3 I am a favorite in that match and I have great expectations. Preasure is a part of sport, only the toughest ones can deal with it. Cilic doesn't have anything to lose, he will be motivated, he will look for his chance'.Novak said he likes playing in Dubai and always had good support from the crowd: 'I played well last year. Here are a lot of Serbs and I hope to receive support from the audiance. I saw they (Serbian supporters) had interesting coreography last week in Women's Tournament with flags, shirts... I'll be happy if I receive the same support'.Novak said he recovered from the problem
After a 20 days rest to heal the flu virus and exhaustion that followed, Novak will be back on court this week in Dubai and will play in Round 1 against Marin Cilic from Croatia, current World #38. They did not play against each other up to now.There was not much change in the ATP points difference between World Top 3 players, Roger Federer did not participate in tournaments for more than a month since Australian Open in January, Rafael Nadal had a rare appearance during February in Rotterdam but did not perform best.Federer will play in Round 1 against Andy Murrey, while Nadal will play agaist Philip Kohlschreiber.Tournament data - date: March 3-8th 2008, place Dubai UAE, surface: hard/outdoors, prize money: $1.426.000, official name: The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship, last years win
On this morning's (February 25th) ATP Rankings, Novak stayed at #3. Federer did not particapate in any tournament past week as well so he stayed at #1 with 6.630 points, Rafael Nadal afte not overwhelmingly successful Rotterdam's performance is at #2 with 5.980 points, while Novak is #3 with 5.070, then a great gap with David Ferer at #4 with 2.695 points and Nikolay Davidenko at #5 with 2.640 points.The only big change in Top 10 is that Argentinian David Nalbandian is back in the Top 10 at #8 after winning Buenos Aires Tournament. Novak will play no Tournaments this week taking time to rest and will be on court next week.
With Novak taking a 20-day break due to health problems, we thought we may not heard about him much and know where he hangs out while taking time for himself and his personal life, something Top players usually do not have during the season. Well, he will appear on TV to give support to ongoing situation in home country.He will feature on TV tomorrow, February 21st, with a speack on the meeting of peace in Belgrade in front of probably several hundreds of thousands of people protesting against situation in Kosovo. Novak is a big patriot, he's dedicated to his family and roots, he loves his people, he always gave his best in Davis Cup team, last year he was voted for the personality of the year in Serbia, now he will give his support on the meeting where Prime-minister of Serbia, movie dire
Coming to Marseille, question was is Novak healthy enough to play? On Sunday he needed to withdraw due to exhaustion in a match against Davydenko when leading 2:1 in sets, match that sealed the victory for Russian Fed Cup team. Novak's 2 other Fed Cup team-mates also to caught a flu in Moscow have withdrown from participating in ongoing Belgrade Challenger this week for not being healthy enough.Marseille is a big venue with €534,000 in total prize money and 200 ATP points for the winner. Novak is #1 seed, he's ranked #1 in curent ATP race, #3 in ATP rankings and is tournament's leading Star, his first ATP tournament after winning Australian Open. Though he had all the reasons to cancel participation for not being fully healthy. Nadal World #2 and Federer World #1 do not participate in an
After Moscow and Fed Cup Singles participation, Djokovic is back on Tour in Marseille. It's to be seen how healthy Novak is, he needed to withdraw on Sunday as he cought the flu. Novak is #1 seed in Marseille, along domestic French players, all eyes will be on him participating in the first ATP tournament after winning the Australian Open.In first round Novak will face Ivan Dodig from Croatia, World #296 who progressed to the first round through qualifications. The match will be played on Wednesday. Winner of the match will play against winner in the match between two French men David Guez (Wild Card) and Gilles Simon. If Novak is to progress in the Quarter-Final, he will face the biggest challenge probably in the name of Paul-Henri Mathieu #8 seed player. His possible oponents in the Semi
Novak Djokovic arose in the group of young Serbian Tennis players who took over the World of Tennis by storm, along WTA's Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic. Their success and break through came as if almost a team work. As one of them would make personal record high ranking, other would follow and take the lead, and so on ever since they entered Top 100, all the way to where they are now, all in Top 5.While two young ladies already had a domestic role-model of the same gender to look up to, namely former Serbian World #1 WTA Player Monika Seles, Djokovic needed to write history of Serbian Tennis by himself and be the first one to make it to ATP's Top 5. So he did.Today, February 6th 2008, Novak is ranked World #3 ATP player, position he occupies for months now. After Novak's recent suberb p
Watch tennis player Novak Djokovic take off Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and more. He does a great job, although his 'Nadal' is a little strange!If you see any funny videos on YouTube (or on any other video site) feel free to leave a comment and let me know about it. If I enjoy it I will post it in this blog! Anyone can comment!
Video Richard Gasquet Vs Novak Djokovic. Richard Gasquet derrotó por un contundente 6-4 y 6-2 al número tres, Novak Djokovic. Gasquet se mantiene en carrera la Copa de Maestros de tenis. El Grupo Oro se ha puesto interesante, ya que el Serbio quedo automáticamente eliminado y sin ningún tipo de posibilidades, pero como todos sabemos Djokovic pelea desde el primer punto hasta el último game. Y
Video Novak Djokovic Vs David Ferrer - Masters Series de Shanghai 2007.
El español David Ferrer venció al serbio Novak Djokovic, por 6-4 y 6-4
Novak Djokovic Vs Davis Ferrer Masters Cup Shanghai 2007
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La sorpresa por la presencia de la tenista rusa Maria Sharapova junto a la familia y amigos de Novak Djokovic desató la pregunta obvia de todos en el Abierto de Estados Unidos: ¿Novak y Maria son novios?"¡Estaba seguro de que ése era el primer tema que iban a sacar en la rueda de prensa!", dijo entre risas Djokovic tras la final perdida el domingo ante el suizo Roger Federer.Sharapova, eliminada prematuramente en el US Open, reapareció el domingo en el 'box' de Djokovic sentada detrás del entrenador del serbio, Marian Vajda. Cerca estaban el actor Robert De Niro y su esposa, nuevos amigos de Djokovic, de 20 años y número tres del ranking mundial."Maria es sólo una amiga que tenemos, es lindo que viniera a apoyarme", explicó Djokovic con cierto nerviosismo. "Robert es amigo, ya nos apoyó en la semifinal. Es increíble ver gente tan exitosa apoyándome en mi 'box'", reconoció, antes de explicar cómo hizo para trabar relación con el protagonista de 'Taxi Driver'."De Ni
Djokvic cruises through 6-1 6-0 before going on to win the final against Canas.While watching this match I found myself reaching the conclusion that this was the worst performance I had ever seen from Andy Murray. At the time, such thoughts seemed harsh, but Murray himself in his post-mtach interview said "It was the worst match that I’ve probably played since I’ve been on the tour".The closest comparison I could make was the Baghdatis match at Wimbledon. It was such a strange performance that, at times, you could be forgiven for thinking that this was an imposter on court. Usually, even when Murray is below par, he occasionally shows the flashes of genius that remind you that there is a great player inside, struggling to get out. That Friday night, there was nothing of note.At Indian Wells, even injured and exhausted, Murray managed a better scoreline in defeat.I don't say any of this to criticise, but merely to try and communicate how strange this match appeared.But the biggest
UPDATE: Just got back but only have a couple of mins. Murray vs Djokovic is due at 8pm (UK Time). You can watch it live on Sky Sports Extra.Finally got access to the internet so I can do a really quick update. Well, not really an update since I'm sure you already know the results. And because I've been on the road I've had to make do with brief radio updates so you probably know more about what's been going on than I do.Anyway, for what it's worth, here are my thoughts on the last few days.Murray vs KendrickI saw a replay of this match and it looked pleasingly simple. The occasional flashes of genuis from Murray, but this was a match on cruise control.Murray vs MathieuI got a radio update that said Murray was a set and a break down which sounded ominous. When I finally got the result hours later, I was stunned. Not that Murray had been able to turn it around, but the fact that he had to save match points in the process. Another testament to Murray's new found ability to turn m
Murray loses 2-6 3-6.The result isn't a shock as Djokovic is clearly a rising star with a strong all-round game, not to mention the fact that he has about two years more experience than Murray at the top level. What is a shock is the speed with which Murray was dispatched.Of course, the score doesn't tell the full story.The reality is that Murray probably should have pulled out before the match began. The injuries he sustained in the previous match may not have felt too severe but, once the match began, it soon became clear that Murray was not in a position to give his all.The trainer came on and reassured Murray that he was unlikely to do any lasting damage by continuing to play so Murray, to his credit, decided to see the match out.As usual, there were flashes of brilliance from Murray, the highlight was when he recovered from a brilliant Djokovic lob to play a cross-court winner from the back of the court, almost with his back to the net.Some cynics might have passed it off as a
