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The biggest headline of the tournament so far was Rafael Nadal‘s first round match against the 6’9” big serving American John Isner. Nadal’s 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4 victory was the most challenging win he has ever earned at the French Open. It was the first time that the five time Roland Garros champion was pushed to five sets in Paris. After four hours, Nadal’s expressive celebration implied how much this victory meant to him.

Second seed Novak Djokovic cruised past his first two opponents in straight sets, proving his candidacy for this year’s championship. Roger Federer faced no threating opposition in the first two rounds, as he also won without dropping a set. However, fan polls have shown that Federer is out of the conversation for winning this year’s title.

The biggest upset on the men’s side so far was a five loss of six seeded Tomas Berdych to qualifier Frenchman Stephane Robert. Last year’s runner up Robin Soderling was tested in his first round four set victory against young American Ryan Harrison.

First seed Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the third round without losing a set so far, while second seed and crowd favorite Kim Clijsters enjoyed a 6-2 6-3 win in her opening round. Third seed Vera Zvonareva played one of the most dramatic matches on the women’s side so far. The Russian earned a hard fought 4-6 7-5 7-5 victory over qualifier Sabine Lisicki. After nearly three hours, the cramping Lisicski fell to the ground in tears and had to be carried off the court in stretchers as the Paris sun faded late into the evening.

Online sportsbooks have Djokovic at 5-1 in Tennis Odds to end the ATP Tour season as world number one. The odds were released Sunday after Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open.

Djokovic is also at 5-1 to win the French Open in May.

The Serbian player passed 16-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer in the rankings following his Australian Open win, while a fourth title of the season has cut into Nadal’s lead further.

But Nadal does get a boost to hand on to top spot from the fact the ATP Tour season is headed for Nadal’s favored surface clay. The Spaniard is 8/11 to hold on to top spot.

But with Djokovic closing in on the game’s top player, Nadal is bow at 5-1 to win at Roland Garros after opening at 4-9.

Federer was brushed aside by Nadal in the semis in Miami and is 12/1 to reclaim top spot, while out-of-form Andy Murray is 33/1 to be topping the rankings come the end of the season.

Djokovic beat Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Sunday to win the Sony Ericsson Open, his fourth consecutive title of the year and 26th straight match dating from last season.

“It’s the best four months of my life,” he said. “This streak is incredible.”

The ongoing BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California has always been a good “thermometer” of the hotness of the players coming into the Sony Ericsson Open. The good news for tennis fans is that the world’s top players are competing in both masters events.

All top ten players will play at Crandon Park, making the tournament as competitive as in Grand Slams. World number one Rafael Nadal is in great shape after winning both recent Davis Cup matches against Belgium, and advancing through the early rounds at Indian Wells.

Second seed Roger Federer is eager to get his hands on the trophy once again, something he has last done in 2006. Federer’s loss to Novak Djokovic in the Dubai Finals in late February is a reminder that winning Miami today is more challenging than before. In online sportsbook, Federer is expected to be the favorite in Tennis Odds.

Speaking of Djokovic, the Australian Open champion comes in as the third seed and hopes to relive the sweet Miami success which he tasted in 2007 when he won the tournament.

Defending champion Andy Roddick has been under the radar since last season, dropping out of the top 5 and 10 rankings. He comes in as the eighth seed, with plenty of momentum from winning Memphis in February and giving the U.S.A. two Davis Cup wins against Chile in early March.

Federer was a favorite in tennis betting odds to win the match.

Roger Federer enjoyed a routine victory over Somdev Devvarman. It took Federer only 75 minutes to comfortably claim the match 6-3 6-3 in front of a packed Centre Court full of an evening crowd. Federer broke his opponent three times, while also holding serve and avoiding break points. Devvarman was perhaps overwhelmed by the occasion by playing his idol. After the match, Federer expressed satisfaction and said that he didn’t want to underestimate his opponent, who is not well known on the tour yet.

As the women’s competition ended last week, the world’s top men are ready to play at the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Roger Federer, who is currently ranked number 2 in the world, is the first seed in Dubai as the world’s number 1 Rafael Nadal is still recovering from a hamstring injury. This was Federer’s first match since a complete beat down loss at the Australian Open semifinals.

Duabi is familiar territory for Federer, who often takes several weeks a year to practice in the scorching sun of this oasis. It’s also worth mentioning that Federer has held the trophy in Dubai four times before. However, the last time Fed claimed the title was back in 2007.

Additionally, Federer doesn’t have a sweet memory of his last match in Dubai, when he lost to Andy Murray in the second round of the 2008 tournament. Three years later, the Swiss Maestro is ready to make a statement, as he arrived early and visited the new Dubai Fountain, from which he could take some inspiration.

The event will feature the top 100 men and top 98 women in the world rankings, giving the Open one of its best-ever fields.

The lineup is topped by World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, who will be attempting to win his fourth straight major, and No. 2 Roger Federer, who will be going for his fifth Australian Open title.

On the women’s side, World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki will be trying for her first Grand Slam title. Two-time champion Serena Williams is the most glaring absentee from the lineup, as she is nursing a foot injury.

Also in the men’s draw is 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, both with injury-protected rankings.

The Australian Open takes place Jan. 17 to 30 at Melbourne Park.
The women’s draw features 107 direct acceptances, excluding Elena Dementieva of Russia, who retired at the end of the season, and No. 37 Agnes Szavay of Hungary, who is injured.

“To have the top 104 players in the world in the men’s main draw is incredible and shows the high esteem with which the Australian Open is held in world tennis,” tournament director Craig Tiley said Saturday in a statement. “The women’s field also has every available top player in the world.”

These two players dominated men’s tennis major tournaments this year, winning all four between them. Nadal won the French Open, U.S. open and Wimbledon with Federer making it 16 major titles by winning the Australian Open title. The two competitors have combined to win 21 of the last 23 majors.

The victory in the ATP provides some sense of revenge for Federer, who has lost 14 of 22 matches played against Nadal. Rafael has also ended Roger’s long time dominance of the number one ranking in men’s tennis, and now holds the top position to Federer’s number two spot.

They have met three times in this season-ending tournament, with Federer winning all three. He dominated his service points on Sunday, only dropping 13 points in the entire match which was won in three sets by a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Nadal could only manage one break of server in the second set, and Federer appeared to frustrate the Spaniard by keeping the points short and staying on the offensive throughout the match.

A three-hour semifinal against Andy Murray the previous day may have contributed to Nadal’s loss, as he appeared to tire late in the match. To his credit, Nadal did not cite this as the reason for his loss and praised Federer for the way he played all week.

The victory extended Federer’s record to 2-0 at the season-ending event.

Federer, the world’s No. 2-ranked men’s player, looked unbeatable at the O2 Arena. He dropped just eight points on his serve in the match — three in the first set and five in the second.

“It’s a bit strange,” said Federer, who won 63 points to Murray’s 43. “Andy’s a good returner, one of the best we have in the game.”

But Federer didn’t just manage the match with his serve, he also forced Murray into long rallies when he was receiving. He pulled forehands to his left and hit them to his right, and the 16-time Grand Slam champion waited for his British opponent to make the errors or set up his winners.

“I don’t think Andy played his best match for sure,” Federer said of Murray, who made 26 unforced errors.

Later Tuesday, Robin Soderling was to face David Ferrer in the other Group B match. Federer can advance to the semifinals depending on the late result.

On Monday, top-ranked Rafael Nadal rallied to beat Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 and third-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-3.

Gasquet proved little trouble for the Swiss phenom, who is fresh off winning his 65th title at the Swiss Indoors. Despite losing their first meeting five years ago Federer is now 7-1 all time against Gasquet.

Joining Federer in the next round of action will be Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, Britain’s Andy Murray, and Sweden’s Robin Soderling. Along with the worlds number 1 player Rafael Nadal, all of these players have currently secured a spot in the ATP World Tour Finals.

Currently holding the 8th ranking, and the final qualifier spot for the Tours Finals is American Andy Roddick, who dispatched Jarkko Nieminen in simple fashion with a 6-1, 6-4 victory. With only the top eight players qualifying for the Tour Finals every game is of importance to Roddick. While his prospects look good he could still be derailed.

Djokovic also won his match in Paris, despite a slow start. Despite a shaky first serve Djokovic managed to stop 7 out of 8 break points on his way to winning the match. He topped Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-3. In his match Soderling demolished Gilles Simon, of France.

Andy Murray struggled to a win over a tough David Nalbandian. During the match Murray seemed to suffer a wrist injury, however after a short visit with the trainer he would go on to take the match 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

In his first match since winning the U.S. Open, the top-ranked Nadal lost only eight points on serve, according to ESPN.com.

Nadal got a hero’s welcome from government and sports officials when he landed in Bangkok nine days ago. In Friday’s quarterfinals, Nadal will meet either Olivier Rochus or Mikhail Kukushkin.

Second-seeded Fernando Verdasco lost to Benjamin Becker 6-4, 6-4. Verdasco, who accepted a wild card to play, fell behind 4-0 in the first set.

Verdasco lost the ninth game of the second set on a double-fault, and Becker held serve with an impressive volley to close the match.

“It was tough. I was practicing well but the match was different,” Verdasco said. “He played better than me. He adapted better than me, he served well and didn’t make many unforced errors. He deserved the victory more than me.”

Nadal had a first-round bye and spent time in the beach town of Hua Hin, taking part in a Buddhist ceremony with monks, and also planted a tree to support King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s campaign against global warming.

In Bangkok, he delayed a visit with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Parliament so he could practice.

Day 13 at the U.S. Open started off with the first men’s semifinal match between first seed Rafael Nadal and 12th seed Mikhail Youzhny. At the 2006 U.S. Open, they both clashed in the quarterfinals and Youzhny won the match in four sets. However, this time it was a completely different story as Rafael Nadal dominated the match and won it comfortably 6-2 6-3 6-4. Nadal outplayed his opponent from all sides of the court, hitting 33 winners and making only 19 unforced errors in a match that lasted just over 2 hours.

The second semifinal match was between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. This was the fourth consecutive year that the two players have met in the deep stages of the tournament. The previous results indicate that Federer was the clear favorite, as he won the previous three meetings. However, Djokovic played the best match of the 2010 U.S. Open to upset the Swiss maestro in an epic five set match. The match had plenty of momentum shifts, but it all came down to several critical points in the final set.

Roger Federer had two match points on Djokovic’s serve at 5-4 in the fifth set. Djokovic served at 15-40 and got himself out of trouble with incredible forehand and volley winners on the match points. Tied at 5-5, Federer carelessly dropped his own serve and then Djokovic served out the match in the following game. After nearly four hours, Djokovic celebrated the 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5 victory over his Swiss nemesis. In the press conference, Djokovic said that it is one of the most memorable matches he’s ever played.

In the evening, defending champion Kim Clijsters successfully defended her title with an easy victory over Russian Vera Zvonareva. The 6-1 6-2 win took only 59 minutes, and this was one of the shortest women’s finals matches ever.

The action on day 14 was cancelled due to rain and the men’s final was postponed for the following day.

On Monday, Day 15, tennis fans witnessed history in the making as Rafael Nadal claimed the U.S. Open title with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory over Novak Djokovic. After a two hour rain delay in the second set at 4-4, a refreshed Djokovic came out with confidence and claimed the set. Also, it seemed that Djokovic had some issues with his ankle throughout the match as he often looked down and gently “tested” them by squatting down.

However, Nadal played incredibly well for the next two sets, even serving his way out of trouble on critical break points in the third set. At the end of the match, Djokovic expressed tremendous respect for Nadal with a hug and some kind words in the trophy presentation.

Nadal has now won all four Grand Slam titles, which only six players have been able to accomplish. This was Nadal’s ninth career Grand Slam trophy, and at 24 years old it seems that he is on his way to becoming a contender for one of the greatest players of all time.