Monday, September 12, 2011

FINAL OF US OPEN (MEN'S SINGLE), RAFAEL NADAL VS NOVAK DJOKOVIC, 12.09.2011.

About Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal, who was only 25 years and 100 days, became the second youngest tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam titles behind Bjorn Borg and the eighth player in the Open era to successfully defend his U.S. Open.
Rafael Nadal managed to advance to the final of U.S. Open over Andy Murray to get rid of. Former world number one Spaniard was successfully defeated by a score of 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

About Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic finally succeeded  into U.S. Open final round of the tournament after a hard beat Roger Federer in five sets 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.
These results make Djokovic are in the right lane to hit his third grand slam this year. Previously, players who are now settled in Monte Carlo has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon championships.

The Long-awaited Final Match
In the final, Nadal has been awaited world number one Novak Djokovic today, 12.09.2011 local time at Flushing Meadows. with Djokovic in the rankings of the world a little more favored with a record victory over the Spaniard in their last five meetings this season so far this year (Final Indian Wells, Miami Masters, Madrid Masters, Rome Masters and Wimbledon). No other player has ever hit Nadal in five consecutive games.

Nadal managed to maintain a record head to head with a 16-12, Djokovic has won eight games of the past in 10 of their meetings and holding the advantage 9-5 in a match on hard courts. This season, a victory over Nadal on hard courts even come at Indian Wells and Miami, on clay in Rome and Madrid, and most recently on grass at Wimbledon.
Although a poor record so far this year, but Nadal can get a little confidence when you refer to a record total of his meeting with Djokovic. Known, from 28 clashes the two, Nadal won 16 victories success, while The Djoker only 12 times.