Sunday, November 9, 2008

Novak DJOKOVIC versus Juan Martin del POTRO






SHANGHAI TENNIS MASTERS CUP




The first round of the Shanghai Masters started at 2:00pm today with a match against the third seeded Djokovic and the eight seeded del Potro


Despite the few people in attendance when the game commenced, the 2 players gave an outstanding opening game.



Djokovic who made the first serve let del Potro taste what it's like to be in a Tennis Master's Final, but depsite being down 4 games to 1 --- del Potro clawed his way up to close the gap between him and Djokovic.

Djokovic's frustration was evident when the game became tied at 5 a-piece. but Djokovic held on to his lead by taking the first set 7 games to 5.


The second set was even field having both players tied at 2 and was tied again at 3 when del Potro held his serve. But Djokovic will claim the lead with an intelligent shot giving him the crucial 5-3 advantage.


After almost 2 hours of good battle, the Serb will prove too much to handle for del Potro when Djokovic won on his serve at 6 games to 3.


It was not one of Djokovic's best games but he was the crowd's favorite to win and it surely gave him the break he needed after his poor performances in previous matches


other sports results: NBA NJ Nets 80-98 Pacers ; Cavaliers 106-97 Bulls ;
Phoenix Suns 106-96 Bucks

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