The former World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has been working hard in training sessions along with 16-year-old Spanish young tennis star Albert Alcaraz on Monday. Nadal will play next tournament at Indiana Wells 2012, which will held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California from 5th to 8th March, being played here on hard courts. Spaniard said he was more focusing on his fitness, after struggling with several injuries in 2011 season.

The World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who has taken break from February, because to recover from niggling injures. Nadal has posted a message on his Facebook wall that, he had practice with Albert Alcaraz and the best way to get relieve of the cold. Spaniard, who has lost Australian Open championship final by his rival World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in thrilling five sets in Melbourne Park last month.

The 25-year-old Nadal said he will arrive for the next tournament in California with fresh mind and looking forward to win the first ATP title here in Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The 24-year-old Djokovic, who has won four out of five Grand Slam championships from past season, he has joined along with his best rivals’ former World No. 1 Roger Federer and 10-time major title holder Rafael Nadal to achieve Laureus Sportsman award of Year. Serbian has played amazing tennis winning 10 ATP Tour titles and 70-5 record in 2011 season, while bagged $12.6 million dollars of prize money on the ATP World Tour.

The five-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic has arrived in London along with his girlfriend Jelena Ristic, where he has received the Laureus Sportsman of Year from former World No. 1 Boris Becker. Djokovic has overcome against top players like Lionel Messi, Dirk Nowitzki, Sebastian Vettel and Usain Bolt to clinch the Laureus award for the first time. The World No. 2 Rafael Nadal was the honour of 2011 year, where he has won three major titles at Wimbledon, French Open and US Open.

FC Barcelona has won the Laureus World Team of the Year, after winning the Champions League, while Rory McIlroy clinched Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year.

The full list of winners:

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: Vivian Cheruiyot
Laureus World Team of the Year: FC Barcelona
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year: Rory McIlroy
Laureus World Comeback of the Year: Darren Clarke
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Oscar Pistorius
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Kelly Slater

World No.1, Novak Djokovic has a fabulous star this season clinching the Australian Open title and after two-weeks has clinched the World Sports Men of year, which can motivate him to fire in the new-season as well.

Serbian, Djokovic while speaking with the sources after clinching the World Sportsman of Year has said that, what stands out most for me is meeting all these legends of the sport, to exchange experiences and life stories and added that, it has been an amazing experience and will never forget. Everybody is special and I respect them all for what they have done.

The top seeded player in tennis also said that, it was a hard task. But, it gives more confidence and admitted that, right way to cuddle the challenge that is in front of you

Five times grand slam champion while speaking about fitness has said that, nowadays it’s very physical, you have to be consistently successful in order to be one of the top tennis players but everything is possible in life and reported that, he believes that, he is an all round player and has good wining record on all surfaces.

Djokovic has also said that, he had a couple of great wins against Rafa Nadal on clay which has given me good confidence ahead of the French Open.

The only change in this week ATP top-10 rankings is the change of points for Thomas Berdych.

Czech, Berdych on Sunday has clinched the 2012 Montpellier title beating Monfils and has been awarded 160-points to increase his ATP rankings point from 3700 to 3860

meanwhile, the other changes are Juan Monaco, who has won the VTR Open has moved 7-places up to 23 in the ATP rankings.

ATP top 10 as of February 6:

1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 13,630 points

2.  Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10,435

3. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8,010

4. Andy Murray, Britain, 6,900

5.  David Ferrer, Spain, 4,565

6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 4,425

7.  Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,860

8. Mardy Fish, United States, 2,965

9. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 2,700

10. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina, 2,630

The former World No. 1 Roger Federer has committed to play Davis Cup matches for Switzerland in their home soil against United States, being played on indoor red clay court in Freiburg from 10th to 12th February. Swiss Maestro, who has not played in World Group first round Davis Cup match, since losing singles match in 2004. Federer also played crucial role in Davis Cup tie against Australian in last September in Sydney.

The World No. 3 Roger Federer has been preparing for the 2012 London Olympics, where he looking forward to show best performance, which will begin from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer will be part of doubles team for Switzerland, while American top seed and World No. 8 Mardy Fish and World No. 17 John Isner will lead United States. The former World No. 1 Andy Roddick is still doubtful to play Davis Cup tie, after suffering from right hamstring injury at the 2012 Australian Open in Melbourne Park last month.

Rafael Nadal, the 10-time Major title holder and World No. 5 David Ferrer will skip from the Davis Cup tie matches against Kazakhstan, schedule to begin from 10th February.

The 24-year-old Novak Djokovic has won the third Grand Slam championship at Australian Open, after beating 10-time major title holder Rafael Nadal in the final at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park in five sets. Serbian, who has thrashed Britain top seed Andy Murray in the Australian Open semi finals in thrilling five sets match last month. Murray is having the ability to travel in similar path along with Novak Djokovic to win more Grand Slam championships in this season says Tim Henman.

Tim Henman feels Murray is moving to close to fulfill to win maiden Grand Slam title, where he will face tough challenge against best players like former World No. 1 Roger Federer and king of clay Rafael Nadal, who has lead the men’s singles, since 2004. Scot has been playing best tennis from past month and reached Australian Open final and US Open, Wimbledon and French Open semi finals in 2011 season, while he also reached 2012 Australian Open semi final.

The World No. 4 Murray has played crucial role in Great Britain’s Davis Cup matches against Luxembourg in Glasgow and having noticeable similarities to stand behind Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal says Tim Henman.

The five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and World No. 2 Rafael Nadal has been playing great tennis comparing to Roger Federer from past season. Swiss maestro is having 1-8 win loss record against both the top ranked players in last year, where he won the only match against Serbian in French Open semi finals at Roland Garros in May, 2011.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has played best tennis at end of the 2011 season winning three consecutive titles at Basel, Paris and London, but failed to impress in the 2012 Australian Open championship losing semi finals to his best rival Rafael Nadal. In 2011, Roger Federer has made only Grand Slam final appearance in French Open, where he lost to Nadal in four sets with a 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1.

The World No. 4 Andy Murray is the third player, who can give tough competition to Roger Federer in Grand slam events in 2012. Scot has reached to five consecutive major tournaments final, but failed to win the maiden slam so far in his career and became the seventh player in tennis open era to make all Grand Slam semi finals appearances’.

In 2012 season, it’s very interesting to see Federer will come up with another Grand Slam championship at the age 30.

Novak Djokovic, the five-time Grand Slam champion has begun the season at Qatar Open in Dubai last month to win the first ATP title of the season. Later, Djokovic travel to Melbourne to bag the third Australian Open crown and fifth Grand Slam of his career at Rod Laver Arena. Serbian, who has recorded one of the best season in tennis history compiling a 43 match winning streak ended-up in the French Open semi finals by former World No. 1 Roger Federer in four sets and 70-5 record.

The 24-year-old Djokovic also improved his individual record against king of clay Rafael Nadal with a 6-0 in championship finals including Wimbledon and US Open in 2011. He also sets a new season record by winning 12.6 million dollars of prize money on the ATP World Tour beating beat the previous record of shared by Rafael Nadal with $10.1m for 2010 and Roger Federer for 2007. Spaniard has received $7.7 million to take his career earnings to $ 45 million and climbed second place above former American tennis legend Pete Sampras in all time tennis history.

Djokovic is aiming to win career slam in French Open at Roland Garros, but he will face big challenge against home favorite Rafael Nadal, who has won the clay crown from six times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

The World No. 3 Roger Federer has climbed to top position in the ATP Rankings for the first time on 2nd February, 2004, where he has recorded consecutive 237 weeks in a row and total of 285 weeks. Swiss Maestro is one week away to break former American tennis legend Pete Sampras, who had spent 286 weeks at no. 1 the most of any player in men’s tennis singles.

The 30-year-old Federer has lost the top position to his best rival Rafael Nadal in June 2010, while World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has showed remarkable performance to win 10 ATP titles including three Grand slams in 2011 season to achieve top position in the ATP Rankings.

The former World number one Federer insists he had played good matches with Rafael Nadal over the years and it’s nice to play against him in Grand Slam championships. Both the players have lot of respect each other, which will inspires next generation players on the court. Swiss star, who has appeared in 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals and made 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon to 2010 Australian Open.

Some of most memorable movements of the season opening grand slam tournament, which was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne are:

Match of the 2012 Australian Open

We have to salute the top seeded players in the tournament, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal for their unforgettable Australian Open finals kickoff, which has lasted 5 hrs 53 minutes to complete the match with a score line of 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 at Rod Laver Arena and it is also know as the longest Grand Slam final ever in the history of tennis.

The match was a pulsating, energy sapping one with Djokovic finally clinching the victory as king of clay, Nadal has became the first man to lose three consecutive grand slam finals and regrettably to the same Serbian.

The most amazing part of the finals match between Djokovic and Nadal was they could not able to stand on their feet after running 12-km on the court battling against each other in an Epic finals. While the tournament officials were giving a talking one after the other, the Australian Open finalist were struggling to stand on the court and later were given chairs to sit.

Raising Stars at 2012 Australian Open

Bernard Tomic and Japan’s Kei Nishikori is the most improved player in the tour, after being cruised into the quarterfinals of the 2012 Australian Open. As the japans has stunned the world No.6, Jo Wilfred Tsonga to advance into the final-8 of the tournament.

Most irritated player in 2012 Australian Open

The angriest moment at Melbourne came when the former world No.8, Marcos Baghdatis broke 4 racquets on the trot while playing Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. Though he went on to win that set, he lost the match and also lost respect in the eyes of a lot of people. Baghdatis is a former finalist at the Australian Open. With every racquet Baghdatis broke, the crowd cheered him on.

Disappointing Moment Movement at Australian Open

One of the most disappointing movements was not even a single American man reached the Round of 16 at the Australian Open since 1973, and the worst part of the above fact being NO American played the Australian Open in 1973! The big guns failed to fire as John Isner, Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick, all bowed out in the earlier stages of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Most controversial match of 2012 Australian Open

Another low of the tournament took place in the most controversial match by far- the Tomas Berdych Vs Nicolas Almagro match. Almagro smacked a ball on Berdych face, who failed to return the ball at the net. However, the Czech won the match with 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 but he did not give a shake hands to his opponent, Almagro. The crowd was really anti this gesture of Thomas Berdych.