Novak Djokovic - The Best Player In The World This Week
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Novak Djokovic achieved an incredible feat this week in Montreal by beating Andy Roddick, ranked #3 in quarterfinals, Rafael Nadal, ranked #2 in semifinals and Roger Federer, ranked #1 in the final.
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The score in the final was 7-6, 2-6, 7-6.
It’s quite unusual to see Roger Federer lose in the final since we got so used to seeing him winning.
Roger lost only 7 finals since 2003 (before Montreal) and won 40.
He lost 6 of the finals to Rafael Nadal and one to David Nalbandian.
This makes Novak Djokovic only the third player in the last 4 years that was able to beat Roger Federer in the final.
How did Djokovic accomplish that?
Here’s what the players said in their interviews after the match:







