Saturday 2 March 2013

Djokovic Won 4th Dubai Open Title

The world no 1 Novak Djokovic won Dubai Open title for the fourth time in his career.  He defeated Tomas Berdych in the final by 7-6 6-3.  Tomas Berdych reached the final after beating Roger Federer and had very much confidence.  But Djokovic again showed that he is the king of hard courts. He landed 70% of his first serves in and with 8 aces did great job to avoid a tough test of Berdych.  He broken Berdych serve three times in the match and saved 4 out of 5 break points which was key to the victory.
The main difference between a true champion and other tennis players is the absorption of pressure in tense moments. And Novak Djokovic is doing this with very much confindence in himself at this time.  If he continue his performance with the same confidence and he will surely do so.  Then his 2013 will be the same epic as of 2011.
But in the presence of Nadal and Andy Murray in the draw of next tournaments the things become very much tricky.  The next tournament is Indian Wells Masters. Where Federer is defending champion.  I don't think that he will defend his title successfully by looking at his previous performance in 2013. Novak Djokovic will be hot favourite here again . Because Andy Murray is not so much effective on these slow hard courts and Federer is fading.  So his 2013 compaign will not be much different from 2011.But anything can happen.  Lets wait, the time will tell.

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