Find out how exactly a ruthless Djokovic hammered Nadal in the US Open 2011.

1. How Novak Djokovic
Ripped Nadal
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2. Strategy to
dismantle Nadal

3. Give him one more ball to play

4. Serve and volley deep into the
baseline

5. Keep it to
opponent’s backhand

6. Make every return tougher

7. Get
to
the
net

8. Not let Nadal find any rhythm

9. Stand in the
baseline and
increase speed play

10. And…. Control the
game

11. Game Strengths

12. Superior returns

13. Excellent court
coverage

14. Good forehand and
double-barelled
backhand

15. Goes all out on
crunch points

16. Not afraid to play to
Nadal’s devastating
forehand

17. Doesn’t Give Up

18. How
Nadal
feels

19. He's having less
mistakes than
before.

20. He’s in my head. He knows it, I
know it, you know it. Everybody
knows it. Five times he’s beaten
me this year [the finals of the
Italian Open, Indian Wells, Key
Biscayne, Madrid and here]. I’ve
got to rest my mind and body,
and find a solution.

21. Emotions

22. Coming from a war torn Serbia,
he’s naturally aggressive

23. Stable and cool when the chips
are down

24. Earlier
Waited for opponents to
make mistakes

25. Now
Forces them to make
mistakes

26. The Mental Side

27. Earlier
Prankster
Prone to frustrations
Lacked belief to win majors

28. Now
Believes he can win from two
sets down
(Ask Federer)

29. Djokovic Fact File
Age: 24
Country: Serbia
First Grand Slam: 2008 Australian Open
2011: Australian, Wimbledon, US Open
2011 Record: 62 wins 2 losses

30. Top Djokovic Quotes
I lost my fears. I believed in
my abilities more than ever.

31. Top Djokovic Quotes
I don't want to regret something
that's behind me now.

32. Top Djokovic Quotes
I guess it just clicked in my head. It's just
that I'm hitting the shots that I maybe
wasn't hitting in the last two, three years
now. I'm going for it.

33. Top Djokovic Quotes
I felt like an animal. I wanted to see how
it tastes. It tastes good, well kept.
(When asked about his celebratory snack
of Wimbledon grass)

34. Top Djokovic Quotes
It's always important to be calm, to stay positive,
and to believe, to believe that you can win.
(On how he managed crunch situations against
Federer who was serving for the match)

35. Now you know how he
conquered Nadal!
He just Grips it
and Rips it.
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