The 2011 Men’s US Open championship match is an intriguing matchup between the top 2 male tennis players in the world, Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain.
These two warriors competed in last year’s final where Rafal Nadal was victorious and captured his 10th Grand Slam title by defeating Novak Djokovic in NYC on a Monday afternoon.
However, this year is different and in some aspects the same as last year’s final. Once again due to Mother Nature not blessing NYC with nice weather, rain early on has forced the men’s final to be played on a Monday afternoon/evening as it was last year. The dynamics of this year’s final is much different in that Djokovic has had the upper hand against Nadal who is 0-5 against him this year. Interestingly enough, all of Nadal’s losses to Djokovic have been in the finals including this year’s Wimbledon. Should Djokovic be victorious today, he will become the seventh man to win three Grand Slam titles in a calendar year. If Nadal captures his second consecutive US Open title today, he will have won his 11th Grand Slam title of his career putting him only three Grand Slam titles away from matching Pete Sampras at 14 Grand Slam titles.
I am looking forward to watching this final unfold and I think it has the makings to be one of the best US Open finals in history – I hope I’m right!
The finals are set to be televised on CBS this afternoon at 3pm central time zone.
-Rich
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Rich, pick a winner!! Also, do you think the rain has slowed the court which would favor Nadal? Or is Nole in Rafa’s head to the extent it no longer matters the surface? (I know Nole has beaten him on clay this year).
Hey Carey – To be honest with you I am pulling for Rafa. I am a HUGE fan of his and I hope he can pull off the upset and capture his 11th Grand Slam. Having said that, I knnow Djokovic will be coming into this match with a very high level of confidence which will make defeating him even more difficult.
As far as the court conditions,it has been argued by some of the players over the past two weeks that the Ashe Stadium is playing “slower” than usual. I’m not sure if this is due to the weather but this does appear to be the case.
Does this favor Nadal? I sure hope so as he will need every break he can get to pull off this upset.
What say you? Care to opine?
-Rich
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