Rafael Nadal Loses To Djokovic In Miami

Written by: Staff on 30th March 2014

Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida

Rafael Nadal Loses To Djokovic In Miami

epa04147866 Rafael Nadal of Spain grimaces in between points against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final match at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA, 30 March 2014. Djokovic won the match in two sets. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

2) N Djokovic def. (1) R Nadal 6-3 6-3

If the purpose of the lesser events is to set the tone for Slams, Rafael Nadal is hearing sirens. This was about as one-sided as a Nadal/Djokovic match can be. It took only an hour and 23 minutes (a very short contest by their standards), and Djokovic won 60% of the points. He broke three times; he saved the only break point he faced.

Which leaves Nadal still without a major title this year. He won Doha to start the year; he won Rio de Janeiro. But those are minor. He’s 10-0 at optional events, but only 11-3 at the big ones. Djokovic, on the other hand, is 16-2 this year, with two titles, and both titles — Indian Wells and Miami — are big. And he’s won this event four times. Nadal has never won it at all.

In the short term, of course, it doesn’t matter; Nadal remains #1 and Djokovic #2. Nadal’s lead is still almost 2000 points. And we’re going into the clay season, where Nadal will surely continue to clean up. But Nadal has 5100 points to defend in the clay season; Djokovic, only 1910. It’s likely that Djokovic will narrow the gap between them during the clay season. And if Djokovic continues to play like this once the hardcourt season rolls around, Nadal will be in big trouble this summer.

On second thought, that may not have been a siren we heard. Maybe it was a bell tolling.

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia holds the Butch Buchholz Trophy after defeating Rafael Nadal (L) of Spain in the men’s singles final match at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA, 30 March 2014. Djkovic won the match in two sets.

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of March 30, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13730

2..(2) Djokovic……….11810

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5740

4..(5) Federer…………5225

5..(7) Berdych…………4720

6..(4) Ferrer………….4640

7..(8) Del Potro……….4260

8..(6) Murray………….3975

9.(10) Isner…………..2715

10.(12) Raonic………….2710

11..(9) Gasquet…………2635

12.(11) Tsonga………….2615

13.(14) Fognini…………2340

14.(17) Robredo…………2140

15.(16) Dimitrov………..2130

16.(15) Youzhny…………2090

17.(13) Haas……………2075

18.(21) Nishikori……….1985

19.(18) Anderson………..1940

20.(19) Almagro…………1750

21.(20) Janowicz………..1715

22.(23) Dolgopolov………1690

23.(22) Gulbis………….1655

24.(24) Monfils…………1510

24.(25) Kohlschreiber……1510

26.(28) Pospisil………..1333

27.(26) Cilic…………..1330

28.(27) Simon…………..1315

29.(29) Verdasco………..1270

30.(32) Mayer…………..1245

DRAWS

Miami — week of March 17, 2014

WINNER: Novak Djokovic

………………..3R…………….4R………QF……….SF……….F

1 Nadal………….(1)Nadal……….Nadal……Nadal…….Nadal…….Nadal

29 Tursunov………Istomin

19 Janowicz………Bautista Agut

14 Fognini……….(14)Fognini…….Fognini

12 Raonic………..(12)Raonic……..Raonic…..Raonic

23 Monfils……….Garcia Lopez

27 Pospisil………Bedene(Q)

[Becker(LL)]……..Becker(LL)……..Becker

3 Wawrinka……….(3)Wawrinka…….Wawrinka

25 Cilic…………Roger-Vasselin

22 Dolgopolov…….(22)Dolgopolov….Dolgopolov..Dolgopolov

[Lajovic(LL)]…….(LL)Lajovic

10 Isner…………(10)Isner………Isner

18 Almagro……….(18)Almagro

26 Simon…………Sousa

7 Berdych………..(7)Berdych……..Berdych….Berdych…..Berdych

5 Federer………..(5)Federer……..Federer….Federer

28 Verdasco………de Bakker(Q)

17 Anderson………(17)Anderson

9 Gasquet………..(9)Gasquet……..Gasquet

15 Dimitrov………(15)Dimitrov

20 Nishikori……..(20)Nishikori…..Nishikori..Nishikori..Nishikori

31 Seppi…………(31)Seppi

4 Ferrer…………(4)Ferrer………Ferrer

6 Murray…………(6)Murray………Murray…..Murray

32 Lopez…………(32)Lopez

24 Kohlschreiber….Baghdatis(WC)

11 Tsonga………..(11)Tsonga……..Tsonga

16 Robredo……….(16)Robredo…….Robredo

21 Gulbis………..Benneteau

30 Mayer…………(30)Mayer

2 Djokovic……….(2)Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic…Djokovic…Djokovic

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Nadal………..lost F (Djokovic)

2 Djokovic……..WON TOURNAMENT

3 Wawrinka……..lost 4R (Dolgopolov)

4 Ferrer……….lost 4R (Nishikori)

5 Federer………lost QF (Nishikori)

6 Murray……….lost QF (Djokovic)

7 Berdych………WITHDREW from SF

8 del Potro…….WITHDREW (replaced by Becker)

9 Gasquet………lost 4R (Federer

10 Isner……….lost 4R (Berdych)

11 Tsonga………lost 4R (Murray)

12 Raonic………lost SF (Nadal)

13 Haas………..WITHDREW (replaced by Lajovic)

14 Fognini……..lost 4R (Nadal)

15 Dimitrov…….lost 3R (Nishikori)

16 Robredo……..lost 4R (Djokovic)

17 Anderson…….lost 3R (Gasquet)

18 Almagro……..lost 4R (Isner)

19 Janowicz…….lost 2R (Bautista Agut)

20 Nishikori……WITHDREW from SF

21 Gulbis………lost 2R (Benneteau)

22 Dolgopolov…..lost QF (Berdych)

23 Monfils……..lost 2R (Garcia-Lopez)

24 Kohlschreiber..lost 2R (Baghdatis)

25 Cilic……….lost 2R (Roger-Vasselin)

26 Simon……….lost 2R (Sousa)

27 Pospisil…….lost 2R (Bedene)

28 Verdasco…….lost 2R (de Bakker)

29 Tursunov…….lost 2R (Istomin)

30 Mayer……….WITHDREW from 3R

31 Seppi……….lost 3R (Ferrer)

32 Lopez……….lost 3R (Murray)

******** SCORES ********

SATURDAY

Miami

Singles – Final

(2) N Djokovic def. (1) R Nadal 6-3 6-3

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