Images: Djokovic reigns supreme over Nadal in 7th straight final

[caption id=“attachment_197934” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“March 2011, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Hard) — Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 — The first signs of Djokovic starting to dominate the rivalry against the Spaniard came at Indian Wells as early as in March last season. The three-set victory was the Serb’s first against Nadal since his round-robin triumph at the 2009 World Tour Finals in London. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197935” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“April 2011, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (Hard) — Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) — Djokovic continued his dream run in the American hard court season by adding the Miami title — his seventh Masters Series crown — and extended his win-loss record to 24-0. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197936” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“May 2011, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (Clay) — Djokovic won 7-5, 6-4 — This time the Serb beat clay-king Nadal on his surface and in his backyard. The relentless Djokovic ground down the defending champion during a succession of ferocious rallies to hand Nadal his first loss on clay in 38 matches — since he fell to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the 2009 French Open. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197938” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“May 2011, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (Clay) — Djokovic won 6-4, 6-4 — The Djokovic juggernaut continued to roll, from California now to Rome, with the unstoppable Serb describing this win as “my best performance of the four between us”. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197943” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“June-July 2011, Wimbledon (Grass) — Djokovic won 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 — This was a landmark win for the Serb. Not only did he capture his first Wimbledon title (the first Serbian man to do so), he also toppled Nadal from the No. 1 position. Two big dreams realised in a span of a fortnight. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197944” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“August-September 2011, US Open (Hard) — Djokovic won 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 — With the triumph at Flushing Meadows, Djokovic became only the sixth man in the Open Era to win three of the four majors in the same year. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_197945” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“January 2012, Australian Open (Hard) — Djokovic won 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 — The World No. 1 rewrote history when he finished on the winner’s side in the seven minutes short of six hour gruelling final, the longest at Melbourne Park. Djokovic picked up his third Australian Open title and fifth Grand Slam trophy. Getty Images”] [/caption]

Images: Djokovic reigns supreme over Nadal in 7th straight final

The pulsating five-setter that Rafael Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park on Sunday, marked the Spaniard’s seventh straight defeat against the World No. 1 in a final. Here’s a quick recap.

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