64 Results for novak djokovic

Federer-Nadal rivalry restored heading into Paris

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...underscored it: The combination of altitude and a "fast" clay court really aided the Federer cause. Novak Djokovic. Nadal had to play four hours and change in his semifinal against the resurgent Serb on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009

It's all going to work out perfectly for Federer

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...road again for a few weeks here," Federer said after he lost his semifinal match with Novak Djokovic in Rome late last week. "I'd like to go to Switzerland and make sure I...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2009

Rog, take a break and clear your head

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...guy can barely get out of bed in the morning. Rafael Nadal is in his head, Novak Djokovic is in his face, and Andy Murray is in his kitchen, stealing the silverware. What's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 17, 2009

Five imperative questions heading into the clay

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...as the greatest hard-court threat to the three men ranked above him (Roger Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic), and he's already eclipsed the third of those Grand Slam champions. During Act II last...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009

We have learned that we have a lot to learn

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...that the hard-court season is over? (He said it after his loss to Miami finalist Novak Djokovic.) It was an odd confession, and we'll put it down to the distress he must...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Interlopers threaten Nadal-Fed finals party

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...Potro happened. And a whole slew of similarly dangerous players, including the rejuvenated Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic, have decided to make life just a little more difficult for the two icons. And there...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Can Fed handle Murray's bag of tricks?

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...will suggest just how alertly Federer must glance over his shoulder (at the likes of Murray, Novak Djokovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and maybe the redesigned Andy Roddick) even as he's in a dead...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2009

Can sensational Serbs stop the slide?

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...Pop music festival at Roland Garros in the first week of June 2007. Surely you remember: Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic captured our hearts and minds as they suddenly turned their war...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2009

Reason to celebrate in San Jose

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...to scramble back into a conversation currently dominated by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. You know, the conversation called "Grand Slam contenders." You have to hand it to Roddick, and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009

Was Oz Federer's last stand?

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...about this home-surface advantage. And it isn't just Nadal he has to worry about. Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all have turned in their best results on hard courts...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009

Yet another year-end best and worst list -- sort of

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...nights, the USA Network telecast its last match -- a much-anticipated quarterfinal between Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic. After Djokovic won, he took a few verbal shots at Roddick, the crowed booed, and John...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008

Djokovic re-establishes himself as a force

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...year-end champ -- it ended with a semblance of order restored and produced an appropriate winner. Novak Djokovic, a Grand Slam title winner this year as well as the top contender who most needed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2008

Players have plenty of incentive at Masters Cup

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...priorities, allowing him to start 2009 with a feeling of firm control of his own destiny. Novak Djokovic: The wheels didn't exactly fall off Djokovic's game in the latter half of the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2008

Federer has big decision to make this season

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...what Federer does, as well as how he does, he might even finish '08 ranked behind Novak Djokovic. That would be a psychological blow, but Federer has a strong mind. The talking points issued...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008

Fall results will have a significant impact

Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

...Australian Open final this past January, only to lose to first-time Grand Slam title winner, Novak Djokovic. Tsonga finally got a chance for some payback in Thailand a few days ago, and he...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2008