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Novak Djokovic Vs. Rafael Nadal: Redefining tennis rivalries

By Akshay Kohli

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The Novak Djokovic and the Rafael Nadal rivalry was often eclipsed between 2006–2009 by the historic Roger Federer- Rafael Nadal rivalry, but it started to become widely recognized after they played their first Grand Slam final against each other at the US Open in 2010.

This rivalry is ranked second in terms of matches played, after the Andre Agassi- Pete Sampras rivalry, who have played an incredible 34 times, but this record wont hold for long. With the more pulsating matches surely to come between Nole and Rafa, lets go back in time, when the two were younger( they still are young!).

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It was definitely tough. I think we were both really nervous in the beginning and then after two games I settled down a little bit and relaxed. Toward the end, Julia brought her game to another level and I was struggling. I'm really happy with my service game at 5-5. I made two aces, which I rarely do, and after that I settled down and it was fine. It was a great atmosphere with the home crowd, although they didn't really know who to cheer for. And the nice thing is with all the injuries that I really appreciate it much more now and I'm really happy about any kind of win. It doesn't matter where or when or which round, so I'm really happy.

- Andrea Petkovic earned a straight sets victory over her compatriot Julia Goerges on Wednesday and secured her birth in the first quarterfinals of the season in Nurnberg WTA Event.
Today I think I could read him good. Then I think I put pressure on him and he forced a lot. I was ready for his main spot to be covered. Then, I think he forced a lot and that helped me a lot. It's a great tournament. It's a great spirit. The stadium is beautiful and there's always a good crowd. I like the German crowd. They're into it. So, it's good, it's noisy. It's the kind of stadium I like to play on. I just feel good here.

- Gael Monfils earned a comprehensive 6-4 6-2 victory over fifth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada on Tuesday at the Gerry Weber Open and secured his berth in this ATP World Tour 250 Event.
Halle is one of my favorite places on the tour, and being successful there makes it even more likable. Paris has little to do with Halle or Wimbledon, but looking back I am really disappointed with my match against Tsonga. There are days like that, but fortunately there haven't been so many in my career, and I hope there won't be that many to come. I didn't really expect to necessarily win a lot of titles, and I thought I played well in Rome and Paris, until the match with Tsonga. I now feel that the best time for me is still to come in the second half of the year. It's a very important phase of the year, leading to Wimbledon and the North American swing with the U.S. Open.

- Roger Federer believes that the best part of his season is yet to come.
It's not the first [and] it's not the last loss in my career against this particular player. I wanted this title so much, so I am disappointed. That's it. That's the way I feel. I don't think it's going take the toll on me in the future because I have been in these particular situations before. So hopefully I can use this next period that is coming up to recover, mentally get motivated and get inspired again to play my best tennis in Wimbledon. I wasn't expecting an easy match for me or for him. I knew that both of us would give everything we got, physically and mentally, in order to win the match.

- Novak Djokovic was left devastated after his marathon five loss to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of Roland Garros but the Serb insists that this loss will not affect the rest of his season.
I think everybody knows in this room that the schedule of yesterday was wrong. That's the real thing. 'The director of the tournament, supervisors, they take a bad position two days ago, because when you make the schedule at 7pm, you know what weather predictions you have for the next days. I cannot play third after a men's and a girl's match when my possible opponent plays second after girls. That's not fair. And today I was playing almost three hours on court, and my opponent was watching the TV in the locker room. The excuse they told me was because Rosol have to play doubles. I am sorry, but that's a joke. You have one more week to play doubles if you want to play doubles. 'Why do you want to protect the player who has to play doubles? So I'm going to write myself in the doubles draw then and I have the priority to play? That's not the right excuse to make a schedule like this.

- Rafael Nadal lambasted the organizers for scheduling him to play matches on two consecutive days.

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