At last Djokovic has done it. He has done that work which no one could do for last 8 years. He beat eight time defending champion Rafael Nadal for the first time at Monte Carlo Country Club in last 9 years. He beat his old rival in straight sets. And with this victory he improved his record to 19-15 against Nadal all time and 12-3 on dust. He has also become the only man who beat Nadal in final of clay event three times. Previously he was tied with Roger Federer, who also beat Nadal in two clay court finals.
His path to this incredible victory was not so easy. He also reached in the finals of Monte Carlo in 2009 and 2012 where he was defeated by Nadal. He won against Nadal in third attempt and second in a row. Djokovic's participation in this event was uncertain in the start due to some injury, but he participated and showed a slow start. In his first two matches Djokovic was far away from his best. But as time passed he continued to get better and better. In quarter finals and semi finals he showed a good tennis and gave message to the tennis world that he will the man to beat on dust also. He beat Fognini in semi finals by losing just 3 games and without facing the break point in the whole match. That was a clear massage to king of clay that Nole of 2011 has come back. And he proved that at Monte Carlo 2013.
He beat Nadal by 62 76(1). The whole match has seen many twists and turns. In the start Djokovic served first and hold the serve pretty easily and after that he started to strengthen his grip on the match. He broke Nadal and immediately got 3-0 lead. But that was not a finish line, he broke Nadal again and he flies to get 5-0 lead. At this time everyone was thinking that it would be a love set. But Nadal hold the serve in very next game to get respectability and get himself on scoreboard at 6-1. After that he broke Djokovic's serve and get scoreboard to 6-2 which tennis fans thought could be come back moment for Nadal but that moment was short lived. Because Djokovic broke Nadal again in very next game to take the opening set by 6-2.
In the second set, tennis fans were waiting impatiently for Nadal's comeback. Djokovic again served first and hold the serve to get 1-0 lead. In the second game Nadal also hold the serve to level 1-1. In the third game Djokovic again hold his seve to get 2-1 lead. Nadal again level the set by 2-2. In next game Djokovic faced huge test because Nadal raised the level of his game and broke Nole to get 3-2 lead and immediately consolidated the break to get handsome 4-2 lead. Nole did not lose heart and hold his serve to love to get scoreboard to 3-4. In the very next game Djokovic broke back to level the match at 4-4. And hold the serve to get 5-4 lead again. Nadal again displayed an epic tennis and hold his serve to get himself at 5-5 and then he broke to get 6-5 lead. That was considered as turning point of the match because if he was able to to get the match in the deciding set, the match would be in his pocket. He was seving for the second set, but Djokovic had other things in his mind, he was a deternmined man. He broke Nadal to take the set into the tie break.
After this Nadal looked exhausted because Djokovic took that tie break by 7-1 and sealed the victory in a very special way.
He beat Nadal by 62 76(1). The whole match has seen many twists and turns. In the start Djokovic served first and hold the serve pretty easily and after that he started to strengthen his grip on the match. He broke Nadal and immediately got 3-0 lead. But that was not a finish line, he broke Nadal again and he flies to get 5-0 lead. At this time everyone was thinking that it would be a love set. But Nadal hold the serve in very next game to get respectability and get himself on scoreboard at 6-1. After that he broke Djokovic's serve and get scoreboard to 6-2 which tennis fans thought could be come back moment for Nadal but that moment was short lived. Because Djokovic broke Nadal again in very next game to take the opening set by 6-2.
In the second set, tennis fans were waiting impatiently for Nadal's comeback. Djokovic again served first and hold the serve to get 1-0 lead. In the second game Nadal also hold the serve to level 1-1. In the third game Djokovic again hold his seve to get 2-1 lead. Nadal again level the set by 2-2. In next game Djokovic faced huge test because Nadal raised the level of his game and broke Nole to get 3-2 lead and immediately consolidated the break to get handsome 4-2 lead. Nole did not lose heart and hold his serve to love to get scoreboard to 3-4. In the very next game Djokovic broke back to level the match at 4-4. And hold the serve to get 5-4 lead again. Nadal again displayed an epic tennis and hold his serve to get himself at 5-5 and then he broke to get 6-5 lead. That was considered as turning point of the match because if he was able to to get the match in the deciding set, the match would be in his pocket. He was seving for the second set, but Djokovic had other things in his mind, he was a deternmined man. He broke Nadal to take the set into the tie break.
After this Nadal looked exhausted because Djokovic took that tie break by 7-1 and sealed the victory in a very special way.
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