An Earthquake Named Novak Djokovic

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Published: April 4, 2011

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Who could have predicted Rafael Nadal would not be the overwhelming favorite to win on clay at the start of the season?

As the European clay court season is looming, the king of clay will have to overcome the biggest challenge of his career. To beat Novak Djokovic.
Even if we are 7 days away from the first Masters 1000 on clay, Rafael Nadal will no longer be alone on clay.

After following the first act of the American hard court season, it is now obvious we have  a three-men race at the top of the standings.
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and the others.
These three players have not lost against players who are ranked lower than them in 2011.

Clearly Roger Federer is  the World number 3 for the moment after having lost thee times to Djokovic and once to Nadal so far this year.

However the margin of points  is shrinking between the top two players in the world.

Remember that Rafa is the title holder of Monte-Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.

And then there's the final of the Davis Cup between Serbia and France.
Djokovic had to overcome the weight of a whole nation, who was waiting for their man to bring it's first ever Davis Cup.
Nole did not disappoint his country and managed to find his best tennis to win the most prestigious World team tennis nations cup in the world.

The Davis Cup victory helped Djokovic boost his confidence and since then he has been a different player.

Djokovic is undefeated on hard court this season with victories at the Australian Open,  Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami. It makes many tennis specialists speechless.

Only Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Roger Federer have managed to do have the same feat in the past.

But maybe the most stunning figure of all is the one which prove that Djokovic has beaten Nadal twice over the past two weeks.

Rafa was not yet at his best in Indian Wells, but Miami ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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