Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray: Miami Preview

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Published: March 21, 2012

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Who can stop Roger Federer's 15 match winning streak? Will Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal reestablish their dual dominance (with Djokovic winning and Rafa as the bridesmaid)? Those are the questions going into the Miami Masters.

The 30-year-old veteran Federer holds an impressive sway over the ATP Tour at the moment, going on a 39-2 tear since the US Open.

The only problem? He lost the second most important match he played in that period to Rafael Nadal in the semifinal of the Australian Open.

Rafa himself is surrounded by question marks. He took a long break between the Australian Open and the US Masters as usual, but he didn't exactly come back rejuvenated and fell in straights to Federer in conditions that observers expected to benefit Rafa.

Then there's Novak Djokovic. Has he finally come down to earth again? Or is he merely pacing himself for that bigger goal, the French Open in May, where he can become the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four slams at the same time?

Whatever the reason, Novak Djokovic is no longer the lean, mean winning machine we got used to between January and September last year. Since then, he's won in Australia, but lost everywhere else.

The good part is that there's no shame in losing tiebreaks, and eventually the match, to John Isner. The bad part is that Andy Murray ripped him apart weeks earlier. Then again, Djokovic won when it mattered in Australia.



Andy Murray, for once apparently not suffering post-traumatic-Australian-stress-syndrome, made it all the way to the final in Dubai after straight-setting Djokovic. But then he ran into world No. 92 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Indian Wells and fell in straights.

Did Federer defeating him in Dubai cause that loss? Or was it just a minor bumb on an otherwise upwards trajectory with Ivan Lendl as his coach? We'll see.

So, what are we to make of their respe...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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