The match was really something else to watch.. It was amazing! My favorite is still Rafael Nadal. He is soo good and fun to watch. Hopefully someday I will get to watch him play in person.. Great Austraian Open looking forward to the next tournament.

January 29th, 2012 at 8:50 pm

The match was really something else to watch.. It was amazing! My favorite is still Rafael Nadal. He is so good and fun to watch. Hopefully someday I will get to watch him play in person.. Great Australian Open looking forward to the next tournament.

January 29th, 2012 at 8:55 pm

djokovic proved why he is number 1,7 wind over nadal,amazing ,all in finals

January 29th, 2012 at 11:25 pm

Sad day for both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Who belives than anyone could run for six hours just like that? It will take the toll on their bodies. If not in the next few years, then after in the private life. It is not good!

January 30th, 2012 at 3:49 am

Beating an invincible Nadal 7 times consecutively is an amazing feat achieved by Novak and that too in three consecutive slam finals. It is one of the greatest achievements in sport measured by any standards.

January 30th, 2012 at 7:14 am

My Tivo ran out at 5-5 in the 5th!!!!

Thankfully ESPN had the match on and I picked up the final set at 4-5.

Nadal was fighting for every point. Nole looked more relaxed and seemed to be having an easier time.

Rafa, crank up that serve like 2 years ago and you will dominate once again.

January 30th, 2012 at 11:57 am

What did Roger say? His hypothetical twit:

“I’m not impressed at all. I would’ve done it better and faster. This surface is too slow. I am the one who should’ve played in that Finals.”.

January 30th, 2012 at 3:07 pm

”Michael Says:
Beating an invincible Nadal 7 times consecutively is an amazing feat achieved by Novak and that too in three consecutive slam finals.”

nadal was never invincible anywhere except clay! that’s why it had to happen sooner/later that some guy would beat him! Even Fed couldn’t stay invincible, so how could nadal!!! I am glad to see that one guy finally came out and showed game and courage to expose nadal’s supposed ”iron menality’ or else it was becoming unbearable seeing everybody praisisng nadal as he is really the mentally strongest ever!!! well, everybody looks like that(mentally strongest ever) until he meets his equal and reality comes out! nadal was also called mentally strongest while roger was being laughed away as mental midget while facing him, when he was mentally vulnerable only to nadal and none else; in a way quite similar to how guys like safin/hewitt/roddick were being laughed at while they faced fed then! then it became known to the world not to later that federer may be too much for all these guys, but rafa’s more than enough to handle! and now it’s obvious that nadal may hold unbreakable mental edge over everybody federer, but he too has mental weakness and problems against some guy(here djoker)!

nobody’s mentally strongest ever, every great player at his peak appears untouchable on his favourite place(like fed was from 2003-07 at wim and 2004-08 at uso), but it has to stop sometime. i remember the days how federer was praised more than every other tennis player for beating his nearest rivals roddick on all surfaces, not even the adrenaline raining dangerous nadal of 2007 could stop fed or expose his vulnerabilty(and fed was already showing signs of coming off his peak in 2007 itself, though he somehow wrested 3 slams from the field)! roddick must be feeling humiliated when arriving to face fed by the ridiculously one-sided comparison between him and fed ignoring the match-up thing etc! then suddenly federer falls off his peak, gets hit by mono, loses winning momentum and and is crushed by nadal demoralisingly! then only people realise the simple fact that even fed can have his weaknesses and tough times!

moreover, nature had already sent nadal with the perfect anti-fed game to make fed look perfectly mortal and grounded and he just peaked off at right time of fed declining, and inflicts a historic morale-destroying defeat but then, nadal suddenly starts being hailed as superior to fed and probabaly best in history, not even when he’s half way through federer/pete’s mark! then nadal gets needed help from nature(in form of jmdp’s injury, fed’s clear bad patch, djoker’s vulnerability and mental fragility that time etc.) to run away with 3 slams in 2010 and people confer on him godly status, and premature declarations of nadal’s goathood started being made! nadal was lifted and lifted and lifted, until djoker sent him crashing down by developing weapon to counter him successfully and make nadal look as helplessly mortal at times as nadal hmself made look fed so often!

that’s law of nature! nobody can say who’s mentally strongest and none can say who’s really greatest ever! and i’m pretty damn sure that djoker too might get his nemesis any time, when we would least expect!

January 30th, 2012 at 3:52 pm

“What did Roger say? His hypothetical twit: ‘I’m not impressed at all. I would’ve done it better and faster. This surface is too slow. I am the one who should’ve played in that Finals.’.”

– I don’t think so, johnny. Doesn’t sound like Federer at all. But it’s okay, maybe you’ll get there eventually.

January 30th, 2012 at 4:10 pm

@Ajet. Let’s put this down to phases players have in their carreers. Djoker is having his time now but for how long? We will soon have another player in the spotlight.

January 30th, 2012 at 4:38 pm

i agree w/ajet. i dont think there is a goat. there r gr8 players @ any given time. players like djokovic, nadal, federer r all gr8 in their own time. the discourse has been if nadal passes federer’s grand slam titles then he will be greatest of all time. maybe he will surpass federer w/slam titles, but federer has other records that i dont c nadal passing. i.e.: consecutive weeks @ #1, # of consisten grand slam semis & qtrs he reached. all these players, plus so many others from the past r all gr8 players & to say one is goat is diminishing rest of field. djokovic is making history now & if he should win all 4 majors in 2012 then discourse will turn 2him being goat. imho, goat discussion is an invalid one because each player has made history with their own records.

January 30th, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Ajet,

Completely agree. This is the time of Novak. Finally there is a player who has dared to challenge the legacy of Federer and Nadal. I hope Murray follows in his footsteps and takes the lead.

January 30th, 2012 at 11:59 pm

Mark,

True. Nothing continues forever. We live for the moment. As of now, Novak is the best and we can only speak for that. Future is for mere speculation. Who knows, with all the luck as you say, Novak might be the player who will break Roger’s record in slams.

January 31st, 2012 at 12:29 am

Ajet you read Nadal in every note and then criticizes all about the spaniard. Why? Are you obsessed with him? I just dont read a fan of Nadal critizes about Federer like you do. Is because Nadal hurts Feders mind and his possible grand slam and records? is that the reason?, Is not pathetic now, with a third (Djokovic)who is doing the same (or more)to Nadal and you disrespectfully laughs of him? Is that for you a concept of sportsmanship? All I read for you is always a comment against Nadal, if you dont like it, why are you write about him? are you on highschool? grow up kid, is more than “god” Roger in tennis, is not this year, probablly 2013 ends his great carreer. All you need is a wide open brain and thinks more about tennis and other aspects. Dont be another hater who usually punish the rival against his favorite tennis player. Serioulsy, think about it.

January 31st, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Steve27:

you surmising me on this matter is a glaring instance of the pot calling the kettle back, CARTOON OLDIE! ;)

January 31st, 2012 at 11:27 pm

Steve27:

you haven’t read nadal fans criticising fed??? oh, i forgot that you are a blnd blind oldie who can’t see things right, haha! and the reason that the anti-fed rafans are not all out criticising fed is because djoker has forced them to suck up their own medicine down their throat!

January 31st, 2012 at 11:32 pm

rafa fan raging bull was just a day before the final making fun of federer. but right now, he’s gone on much-deserved hiding, lol!

January 31st, 2012 at 11:34 pm

Will the good times continue in Djokovic’s career in 2012?

Our astrologers have prepared a chart for Novak Djokovic on the basis of his birth details to analyze the planetary positions and see how will be the year 2012 for Djokovic’s career.

As per Djokovic’s birth details his moon sign is Pisces and he is undergoing major period of Ketu and minor period of Venus. The position of Ketu (which gives wisdom and creativity) in the 10th house (indicating career) from his ascendant is highly favorable for Djokovic. Venus, (which gives enjoyment and pleasure) placed in the 5th house (indicating sports) from his ascendant is also a positive sign for him. This indicates the year will further boost career prospects of Djokovic.

Moreover, the position of Jupiter (indicating money) in the 2nd house (representing monetary and material assets) from Djokovic’s Moon sign till May 2012 will bring him good financial gains.

February 2nd, 2012 at 9:10 am

@jamie Do you know Djokovic’s birth hour? I study chinese astrology and predict Nadal’s 2012 mental strength is worse than 2011, since he is a ‘Mental str control talent chart’. His mental str element is attacked in 2012, so trying to rep up output with less mental str may cause injuries.

Federer is a ‘talent control mental str chart’, so he won’t be affected that much this yr, he will rep up output too.

April 6th, 2012 at 10:49 am