Jeff Rosenberg

Monday, April 04, 2011

Djokovic beats Nadal -- again

The Miami masters tennis tournament wrapped up yesterday, and the final looked a lot like the final at Indian Wells a couple of weeks ago. Once again it was the Australian Open champ Novak Djokovic taking on world #1 Rafa Nadal. And once again it was a great match. Nadal started off strong, breaking the Djoker twice in the first set. It looked like he was going to run away with the match, but Novak managed to break back to make the set competitive. Nadal was still up a break, though, and ultimately won 6-4. The second set belonged to Djokovic, and in the third they remained on serve until 6-6, when the match went to a tiebreak. Djokovic played better and took it 7-4, winning the set and the match, and staying undefeated for the year. Things are really getting interesting heading into the European clay court season. I'm sure Nadal is still a heavy favorite on clay, but this shakes things up a bit. The French Open is less than two months away.