ATP Masters Series 1000 Rome - Quarterfinals
1 Novak Djokovic d 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 75 61
3 Roger Federer d Andreas Seppi - 61 62
Novak reaches his 4th Sf in Rome - a round where he has never lost.
He will face long-time rival Roger Federer - H2H: 14-10/RF.
They haven't played this year but they played 5 times in '11: 4-1/ND.
Novak is the defender and has won this tournament twice.
Roger has never won in Rome dispite 2 final round showings.
This will be an interesting encounter if for no other reason than ranking.
Roger is closing in on Novak's spot at the top.
Between Nole, Roger & Rafa - the next few months will be very interesting.
Game on boys.
Photo: From Novak's Facebook
Happy 25th Birthday Novak Djokovic
Still just a kid. A kid sitting atop the ATP rankings, that is.
Novak had a dream year in 2011 but is not quite repeating in 2012.
Yesterday he gave back his Rome title to rival Rafael Nadal.
And he has Rafa and Roger both looking to snatch #1 away as well.
The next few months will be very telling.
Nole heads to Roland Garros next week to make a bit of history.
If he can hoist the trophy he'll be the 1st man to hold all 4 Slams since 1969.
Of course in '69 Rod Laver did it in the all in the same year.
Novak will then look to defend at Wimbledon and then add an Olympic gold.
He does all of this with the weight of Serbia on his shoulders.
But for today let's keep things simple: Happy Birthday.
The photo was taken from Novak's Facebook page captioned:
Thank you all for your great wishes, love, photos and nice words!
I had a great day with my closest ones!
My Jelena even made me a Bday cake!
Can you imagine what was my wish?
#bestfansintheworld #nolefam #anolderguy :)
Posted at 10:20 AM in Birthday, Commentary, Facebook, Mens Tennis, Novak Djokovic, Preview | Permalink | Comments (0)
Technorati Tags: ATP, Men's Tennis, Novak Djokovic
| Reblog (0)