Djokovic Australian Open 2011

Two weeks of pure passion, emotions, great individual and collective level, marking a kind of preface to what will happen during the year in the ATP calendar , although some big names are in recovery from injury and others have had an unexpectedly low level, which will try to reverse in the coming weeks.

The truth is that the tournament has finally had a winner in a final in the preview could have targeted more, but finally gave unilaterally, on the one hand showing a high level as that in the past had been showing months, and on the other hand, the ghosts of a quadriceps injury that would have perpetuated during the match against David Ferrer for the semifinals.

Andy Murray

The British arrived in the 2011 Australian Open as a favorite, ranking 5 th in the ATP Ranking niel and well demonstrated in the last year but was markedly irregular in recent months, having reached the semifinals of the ATP Tour Finals falling against Rafa Nadal , and recording a fall in the second round of the ATP World Tour 500 in Valencia , unable to defend the title won in 2009, while in the doubles and he and his brother Jamie Murray, won their first title in pairs on the circuit.

Played matches:

• First Round - Karol Beck 6-3 6-1 4-2 (ret.)
• Second Round - Illya Marchenko: 6-1 6-3 6-3
• Third Round - Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: 6-1 6-2 6-2
• Fourth Round - Jurgen Melzer, 6-3 6-1 6-1
• Quarterfinals - Alexandr Dolgopolov: 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-3
• Semifinals - David Ferrer 4-6 7-6 6-1 7-6

Novak Djokovic

This fun Djokovic reached the Australian Open 2011 with the idea of continuing with its highlights of recent months, gaining power and precision in every movement, further sharpening angles are run and tire out their opponents, and seeking a foothold in the personality , although sometimes it looks too angry to lose control of the game. These features developed progressively, in a final in which crushed outright to Andy Murray and only faltered in the 2nd set, when a lead of 5 dropped serve and took a few minutes the coronation, repeating the same feat of Australian Open 2008 .

Games played:

• First Round - Marcel Granollers: 6-1 6-3 6-1
• Second Round - Ivan Dodig: 7-5 6-7 6-0 6-2
• Third Round - Viktor Troicki, 6-2 (ret.)
• Fourth Round - Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-4 6-0
• Quarterfinals - Tomas Berdych, 6-1 7-6 6-1
• Semifinals - Roger Federer 7-6 7-5 6-4

Finally, the grand finale, the much-anticipated meeting that left a favorable outcome for the Serbian figures 6-4 6-2 6-3 in an encounter quite plain, without much rivalry and emotions, and that many of us left feeling that could have been better, but the overwhelming power of Novak Djokovic made this meeting a mere formality.

This will close a new edition of the Australian Open, and by way of review, we named the winners of each category:

• Men's singles: Novak Djokovic
• Women's singles: Kim Clijsters
• Men's Doubles: Bob Brian - Mike Brian
• Women's Doubles: Gisela Dulko - Flavia Pennet