2011 French Open : Nadal, Djokovic, Federer and Murray Scheduled for Last 4

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Published: May 21, 2011

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The odds to have the top four players in the world at Roland-Garros semifinals for the first time since 2006 are great if we take a closer look at the season of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

At that time, David Nalbandian and Ivan Ljubicic were the third and fourth seed while Federer and Nadal were the top two.

It is the tradition at Roland Garros to have the defending champion be part of the draw ceremony.
On Friday, Rafael Nadal was looking forward having a fortunate hand.

The one that would not have Federer or Juan Martin del Potro in his half of the draw. Mission accomplished!

However he will have to deal with Murray and Robin Söderling, who beat him at Roland Garros two years ago. Can Nadal recover from two successive loss on clay to Novak Djokovic?

Since January only one guy has dominated the whole tennis world and no one can deny it simply because no one has beaten him.

He won four times against Rafael Nadal this year, in Indian Wells first and then in Miami, Madrid and Roma.

Those last two losses are going against an established principle that looked unable to shake:

The Spaniard’s hegemony on clay. To see him lose on fast surface is one thing, but to see him lose his supremacy on clay is an other one.

This year will be a very special one because it’s the first time that Rafa is going to Roland-Garros in an outsider position.  He’s obviously mentally touched because it all happened very quickly.
The Serbian is a real tactical issue for him.

Djokovic does not give any open areas, has no weak shot nor flaws on some specific sequence, so Nadal does not know at all where to start in order to beat him. 

His aggressive game lead by his forehand on the opponent’s backhand is not effective, because Nole’s backhand is able to counter-punch by taking the ball on the to...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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