Tag: Novak Djokovic

  • Maria Sharapova Hits Novak Djokovic With Tennis Ball

    Between easily winning matches at the 2012 Olympic Games tennis tournament, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic had time to have fun in practice, trying to pull off some impressive trick, ending up with Djokovic rolling on the ground in pain and Sharapova on the ground because she coudln’t stop laughing.

  • Roger Federer, Best Tennis Player in the World Once Again?

    Maybe the return to number one doesn’t mean that Roger Federer is back to the status of best tennis player in the world but actually enjoying the benefits of the ATP’s ranking system, but for those who doubted his ability to win in Wimbledon this year, to win a Grand Slam tournament with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the playing field, the win over Murray was a huge middle finger straight in the face.

  • Wimbledon 2012 – Roger Federer Perfect One More Time

    Well, maybe not perfect, but pretty damn close. Roger Federer, a month before his 31st birthday, played as close as possible to his best in order to beat Novak Djokovic in their first ever meeting on grass, setting up his eighth final at Wimbledon against Andy Murray, making a little bit of history himself.

  • Wimbledon 2012 – Djokovic vs Federer Predictions

    Hard to believe, but this will be the first time Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer meet on a grass court, making their Wimbledon semifinal match, tipped to be the one that produces this year’s winner of the whole tournament, even more special than it already was supposed to be.

  • Wimbledon 2012 – Roger Federer Won’t Win a 7th Time

    It wasn’t just the fact that Roger Federer needed nine sets over the weekend to beat players ranked 29th and 75th in the world. It’s the evident fatigue, exhaustion and now an injury, that may haunt him further down the tournament, and keep him from winning the 2012 Wimbledon title, which has to go through Novak Djokovic anyway, making it a rather tough feat to accomplish.

  • Best Photos of Athletes Dancing

    The best athletes in the world, more often than not, have a pretty good sense of rhythm and dance, although not all are at same level. Victor Cruz, with his salsa-touchdown celebrations, is among those on the good side. Tennis players like Novak Djokovic don’t always look as good when they try to dance and entertain the crowd, but it doesn’t stop them from trying.

  • Wimbledon 2012 Prediction – Nadal or Djokovic or Even… Federer

    Eventually it comes down to two players, the last two Wimbledon champions – Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Two players who have won the last nine grand slam tournaments. The rest of the predictions and guesses for the 2012 Wimbledon tournament? Nothing but wishful thinking, even regarding Roger Federer.

  • Djokovic & Federer in Each Other’s Wimbledon Way

    As expected, Novak Djokovic is the number 1 seed heading into the 2012 Wimbledon tournament, knowing that he has to go through Roger Federer in the Semi Final, if all goes according to plan for both, with the six time champions at the All England’s club getting the #3 seed, according to his ATP ranking.

  • Roger Federer Won’t Win Another Wimbledon Title

    Losing to Tommy Haas wasn’t in the plans. Roger Federer, rebounding from his decisive 0-3 defeat to Novak Djokovic in Paris at the French Open should have won the Halle tournament, or at least he thought he should. It didn’t work out, and Roger Federer heads into Wimbledon a little less confident than he expect to.

  • Rafael Nadal – No Longer a Wimbledon Favorite?

    After the brilliant period Rafael Nadal went through in the clay portion of the 2012 tennis season, which included winning the French Open and beating Novak Djokovic in three consecutive finals, came the fall, to the surprise of many, in an early round on the Halle Grass.