Although she stumbled in her most recent outing against world No. The top-ranked player in the men's game, Novak Djokovic, has reached the final at each of the previous three U. Open tournaments. He won in , but has more sour memories of the U. Open final, considering he's finished as runner-up at this event three times since Perhaps the most talented hard-court player in tennis, Djokovic has all the tools and the dominant return game to win his seventh career major this summer.
She put up a doughnut against the Spaniard, becoming the first woman since to win a U. Open quarterfinal without losing a game. Likewise, No. Like last year, expect the American to continue her dominance by once again toppling Azarenka for her fifth U. Djokovic should handily defeat the year-old German. There is only one player I believe can defeat Serena Williams at the U. Open this year, and her name is Victoria Azarenka. Everybody else is a mere pawn compared to the time Grand Slam singles champion.
No disrespect to Yaroslava Shvedova, but the year-old simply isn't in Williams' league. She's this year and is lifetime against the year-old star. She's also never advanced past the third round of the U. Williams came into the U. Likewise, Nadal has dropped only one set en route to his berth in the finals. It is hard to imagine stamina ever being an issue with Djokovic, but he has played nine sets in his last two matches. The battle with Wawrinka took more than four hours, and it was played under the bright sunshine.
Even Djokovic could show some fatigue after two tough rounds. For the most part, Rafa has cruised. He's played stress-free tennis throughout the tournament, and that should give him an advantage.
In addition to being the fresher of the two, he has had Djokovic's number of late.
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