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It will be Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Saturday.
The last time Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco met at the Australian Open, in 2009, the two Spanish lefties left it all on the court.
All of their recent results suggest Rafael Nadal has next to no chance against Novak Djokovic in a head-to-head meeting.
The Australian Open draw ceremony was conducted on Friday afternoon in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are in the top half, while Rafael Nadal is in the same quarter as Stan Wawrinka.
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One week down in the 2016 ATP season; one week to go until the Australian Open.
Click here to see the updated draws from the ExxonMobil Open & Chennai Open tennis tournaments, plus photos from Doha.
Tennis Channel will bring viewers exclusive live tournament coverage from the 2016 Hopman Cup beginning Saturday, Jan. 2, at 9 p.m. ET.
Novak Djokovic coasted through round two of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Wednesday afternoon, as he defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and nine minutes.
Rafael Nadal recovered from a set deficit to beat fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1 in round one of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday.
Time flies when you're having fun, and that is surely what all tennis fans will be doing throughout the upcoming year. As always, the World Tour Finals will be here before we know it--even though it's only January right now.
Novak Djokovic kicked off his 2016 campaign with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dustin Brown in round one of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Monday.
It won't bring any ranking points. It will, though, bring an additional $250,000 to Rafael Nadal's bank account. But most importantly, this week's action at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship will give Nadal additional confidence heading into the 2016 ATP World Tour season.
Novak Djokovic is not quite dominant enough to make predictions for the 2016 Grand Slams uninteresting. As Roger Federer--and a few others; but mainly Federer--proved in 2015, Djokovic can be tested on a consistent basis and beaten on occasion.
The Twelve Grapes to the chimes of the clock at midnight on New Years Eve has been a Spanish tradition since 1909. In December that year, some vine growers from the Alicante area came up with "The 12 Grapes" as an idea to sell huge amounts of grapes from an excellent harvest.
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