novak djokovic won the australian men's open final.
novak djokovic won the australian men's open final.
who won the australian men's open final?
novak djokovic
from 2006 to 2008, they played in every french open and wimbledon final. they then met in the 2009 australian open final, the 2011 french open final, and the 2017 australian open final. nadal won six of the nine, losing the first two wimbledon finals and the second australian open final. four of these finals were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 australian open), with the 2008 wimbledon final being lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. of their 40 meetings, 13 have reached a deciding set. they have also played in 12 masters series finals, including their lone five-hour match at the 2006 rome masters which nadal won in a fifth-set tie-break, having saved two match points.
roger federer
the us open final they contested equalled the record as the longest us open final in history, as well as the second longest major final in open era history, behind the 2012 australian open final. it also featured the longest ever tie-break in a us open final, with a 12–10 final score in the first set. other notable matches include the 2012 australian open semifinal which lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes with djokovic outlasting murray 7—5 in the fifth set and the semifinal meeting at the 2012 olympic games, with murray winning in straight sets. at atp masters 1000 level, they've met 20 times, with djokovic leading 14–6. ten of these meetings came in finals, and they are tied at 5–5. their most notable match in this category was in the final of the 2012 shanghai masters, where djokovic saved 5 championship points to win the title, ending murray's perfect 12–0 record at the event. this, and the three set match they played in rome in 2011, were voted the atp world tour match of the year, for each respective season.
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