How Djokovic Shut Out Nadal

How Novak Djokovic

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Ripped Nadal

Rajasekar Raju KSSocial Media &

Sports Fan

Strategy to

dismantle Nadaldismantle Nadal

Give him one more ball to play

Serve and volley deep into the

baseline

Keep it to Keep it to

opponent’s backhand

Make every return tougher

Get

to

the

net

Not let Nadal find any rhythm

Stand in the

baseline and baseline and

increase speed play

And…. Control the And…. Control the

game

Game StrengthsGame Strengths

Superior returns

Excellent court Excellent court

coverage

Good forehand and

double-barelleddouble-barelled

backhand

Goes all out on

crunch pointscrunch points

Not afraid to play to

Nadal’s devastating Nadal’s devastating

forehand

Doesn’t Give Up

How

NadalNadal

feels

He's having less

mistakes than mistakes than

before.

He’s in my head. He knows it, I

know it, you know it. Everybody

knows it. Five times he’s beaten

me this year [the finals of the

Italian Open, Indian Wells, Key Italian Open, Indian Wells, Key

Biscayne, Madrid and here]. I’ve

got to rest my mind and body,

and find a solution.

EmotionsEmotions

Coming from a war torn Serbia,

he’s naturally aggressive

Stable and cool when the chips

are down

EarlierWaited for opponents to

make mistakes

NowForces them to make Forces them to make

mistakes

The Mental Side

EarlierPranksterPrankster

Prone to frustrations

Lacked belief to win majors

Now

Believes he can win from two sets down

(Ask Federer)

Age: 24

Country: Serbia

First Grand Slam: 2008 Australian Open

2011: Australian, Wimbledon, US Open

2011 Record: 62 wins 2 losses

Djokovic Fact File

Top Djokovic QuotesI lost my fears. I believed in I lost my fears. I believed in

my abilities more than ever.

Top Djokovic QuotesI don't want to regret something I don't want to regret something

that's behind me now.

Top Djokovic QuotesI guess it just clicked in my head. It's just

that I'm hitting the shots that I maybe

wasn't hitting in the last two, three years

now. I'm going for it.

Top Djokovic QuotesI felt like an animal. I wanted to see how I felt like an animal. I wanted to see how

it tastes. It tastes good, well kept.

(When asked about his celebratory snack

of Wimbledon grass)

Top Djokovic QuotesIt's always important to be calm, to stay positive, It's always important to be calm, to stay positive,

and to believe, to believe that you can win.

(On how he managed crunch situations against

Federer who was serving for the match)

Now you know how he

conquered Nadal!

He just Grips it

and Rips it.

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