Djokovic Punya Peluang Besar Geser Nadal

Novak Djokovic has a chance for the first time become world number one if he won the Rome Masters tournament this weekend. Unbroken record of 32 victories during the 2011 season, conquering the world number one Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Masters with a straight sets on Sunday (08/05/2011) became the capital of Serbia's best tennis player.

In total, Djokovic has pulled six titles in 2011 and he is being targeted at the Foro Italico seventh trophy. If he wins this event and Nadal failed to reach the semifinals, his dream to climaxing ATP ranking list will be realized. That is, Djokovic will become the first player other than Nadal or Roger Federer who took over the top of the ATP since February 2004.

Djokovic is currently ranked second globe. He depose Federer from that position in March.

"If I continue to maintain this winning trend, I will be getting close to it (number one). However, I tried not to think about it," said Djokovic. "This is a perfect start with two tournaments that I won and I need to remain dedicated and focused on the next events."

However, if Nadal managed to become champion in Rome this Masters, Djokovic had to wait for the next opportunity at the French Open, which started to roll in less than two weeks away (May 22). Nadal is the defending champion at Roland Garros, while Djokovic is only able to achieve the best results up to the quarter-finals.

"If I want to reach number one, I should always play consistently because it is what Rafa and other players do," said Djokovic. "Maybe because beruntunku victory and is in the best performance throughout a career, I might be one of the favorites (at Roland Garros)."

In 2011, three times Djokovic beat Nadal. Two previously occurred in the final at Indian Wells and Key Biscayne. However, victory at the Madrid Masters is the first of 10 businesses beat the left-handed Spaniard on clay.

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