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: The top seeds of the Australian Open 2012, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, battled it out for the men’s title at the centre court to a cheering crowd.
Second Set Live Score: Nadal – 1, Djokovic – 3
The second set saw rallies with 20 or more shots becoming more common as neither the Djoker nor Rafa wanted to lose momentum amid power packed shots.
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First Set: Nadal – 7, Djokovic – 5
TIE-BREAKER to start off! After one hour and twenty minutes, challenger Rafael Nadal emerged victorious in the first set after a clash in which every point was tougher than the previous one.
The Rod Laver Arena was scorching not just because of the Melbourne heat, but also by the hot brand of tennis served by the two.
Djokovic came up with the first winner of the Australian Open final as the best in business started with what they did best – Sizzling Tennis. Nadal quickly took the next point to tell Djoko that he would have to sweat it out in the night to hold on to his defending champion’s tag.
The one thing that marked the battle between the giants was that the margin for error was microscopic in their game as both went neck to neck in the initial phase of the final, watched by the legendary Australian tennis ace Rod Laver himself.
Djokovic’s frustration could be evident from his racket throwing during the break after Nadal broke him for the first time in the set to take a 3-2 lead with a fantastic winner after a flurry of volleys.
Both were neck to neck at 50 each for net approaches till the last quarter of the first set and stretched their game to the limit, not giving up even a single point without extreme hardwork.
Neither of the two conceded a double fault in the first set, an idea of their accuracy and concentration. Djokovic had four aces in the set while Rafa fired two in the 80 minute slugfest.
