Novak Djokovic on Rafael Nadal: best player to meet in final

Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 10:23 am , filed under Tennis News by Kevin Jones

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The World No. 1 Novak Djokovic believes it is one of the greatest win of his career in Grand Slam championship finals so far in his career and proud to be part of the history at Rod Laver Arena.

The five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic insists he was very grateful to be playing in front of tennis legend Rod Laver and it’s likely the longest Grand Slams finals in the men’s singles history. Djokovic said he is very arrogant to be placed him along with tennis greats and happy to play in front of 15,000 people, who have stayed until 1:30 a.m. at Rod Laver Arena. He added he had lost of chances to win the final match in fourth set, but Nadal has played some outstanding serves and unbelievable points.

The 2012 Australian Open champion Djokovic said it’s not easy to play a 5-hour 53-minute match, where his opponent Rafael Nadal has been playing unbelievable tennis, but unfortunately there couldn’t be two winners. Nadal, who has lost seventh championship final at Australian Open 2012 on Sunday, after falling six finals in 2011 season, which includes two majors at Wimbledon and US Open.

Djokovic said playing against Rafa in Grand Slam final could be an amazing moment, where he has lost several major semi finals and finals. He had enjoyed all troubles and pressure at the Australian Open final, where he had kept his heart to win the third major at Rod Laver Arena.

Tags: 2012 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal