Please try again. Meciul a durat doar două ore și 4 minute. The greats of the tennis world and a total attendance of more than 686,000 fans came to Melbourne Park for the first major tournament of 2012 at the Australian Open. His strut was back, his fist clenched and he took the contest beyond midnight to a tie-break. Novak Djokovic este noul rege de la Australian Open. World No.1 Novak Djokovic faced No. On this warm Sunday night at Rod Laver Arena, that dominance continued, but it wouldn t be easy, as the two best players in the world played a five-set marathon into Monday morning in the longest Grand Slam final in history and Djokovic would win his third Australian Open title, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5. This is an epic tennis match between two of the all-time great players. Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2013. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, Djokovic's epic five-hour semi-final win over Murray, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Romanian Horia Tecau. But Nadal hit a fatal loose backhand wide of the sideline and, in the blink of an eye, Djokovic made the break and then won the longest rally of the match to level at 4-4. If ever there was a match where no-one deserved to lose, it was surely this one. 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He had denied Djokovic the chance to serve out the match, and a sudden rain shower came like a breath of fresh air to his cause. Published: 08:11 EDT, 11 June 2012 | Updated: 20:29 EDT, 11 June 2012 To get involved use Djokovic is 12th equal on list of most grand slams in open era. These are the best-of-five-set marathons with no final tie-break that may be the sixth or even the seventh match in a fortnight. As an avid tennis fan who loves the tour and enjoys the Grand Slam finals, I had to buy this DVD as it was the longest match Grand Slam finals history. Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7 (5–7), 7–5 against Rafael Nadal entering the season as reigning world number 1 for the first time of his career. In recent years, such contests have often also involved Nadal: four hours against Juan Martin del Potro at Wimbledon and against John Isner at Roland Garros in 2011, or four and three-quarter hours against Roger Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon final. Unable to add item to List. *Djokovic 5-7 Nadal Nadal's serving is as precise as a Swiss clock. More appropriately, though, these are words attached to a Grand Slam, the ultimate challenge because the prize is so great and the route so long. They returned to court, drenched in sweat in the sweltering 30+ degree heat and with their ears ringing to a warning about the time taken between points. Twitter Nadal, though, broke again and took the set with a big body-serve, 7-5. And although the speed of play did not increase, the speed of the games did. The longest match ever played at the Australian Open was his semi-final against Fernando Verdasco in 2009, all five hours and 10 minutes of it. Then came a turn. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. With 42 points and 11 winners each in the set, the match would come down to one last shoot-out. Nadal, though, appeared invigorated by the stoppage. Rarely has Nadal shown such frustrated body language as now: He seemed out of ideas, and managed just two winners to Djokovic’s 11, 16 points to the Serb’s 32. The second seed, bidding for a second Australian Open title, is sending Djokovic hither and tither. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Djokovic conquered Nadal in four sets in the US Open final. By Mike Dickson for the Daily Mail. Fifteen minutes later, the roof shut and the court mopped by dozens of ball-kids, Djokovic looked completely unaffected by the break and took a clean service game with a running forehand winner on the stretch from behind the baseline and beyond the sideline. It also promises much for the coming season of three more such Slams and, of course, the Olympics.