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Dude, thanks so much for this upload. Great quality and one of my favourite players.

@Ouija121085 I wish I were in Djokovic's girlfriends' box.

The contrast between Djokovic's court position in this match and circa 2011 is striking. He is standing farther back here than in subsequent matches and it makes a huge difference against Nadal. Watch more recent matches and you can see he standing much closer to the baseline which robs Nadal of ...

@suddenlyitsobvious

I agree that Rafa's thirst seems to have waned a bit but I think that is due to what Djokovic has done to him. As for losing to players other than the big three, not atypical and more the rule than the exception off of clay and especially in best of three, where he can't win...

I don't think anything comes close to the Federer-Nadal 2009 Australian Open final. For drama, their 2008 Wimbledon final was great but Federer was still recovering from mono and had had a terrible spring whereas he was fully healthy by late 2008. The AO final is the only I've ever seen where bot...

It's interesting that from 2007 to the present at the AO Rafa was totally beat down by everyone except Federer in 2009 when he won the title. Gonzo straight-setted him in 2007, Tsonga annhiliated him in 2008, Murray destroyed him in 2010 and Ferrer crushed him in 2011. Truly remarkable considerin...

@annouk4all

I'm not so sure Nadal ever beat Djokovic easily. In fact, prior to this year, Djokovic had a winning record against Rafa on hard courts - beating him in straight sets several times - and had played him well on clay including Madrid where he had two match points against Rafa in 2009....

Federer was unbelievably inefficient in this match. It seems like he had break points in almost every one of Nadal's service games and still couldn't close the deal even at Love-40. Fed lost 6-2 in the fifth and STILL had more total points in this match. It is incredible that since then he has w...

All these comments have valid points but the bottom line is that this year Djokovic showed that when he is in shape and able to stay with Rafa from start to finish he can beat him on any surface. Djokovic could always beat Rafa; going in to this year his H2H was better on hard courts where he did...

It is pretty scary what Delpo can do when he has time; his forehand is scary. This was some supremely well played tennis by both and it shows just what a threat a healthy Delpo can be even on clay. On any other surface, I would take him against Nadal.