Nadal Says Novak Djokovic Is Worthy of World No. 1 Rank

World No.2 Rafael Nadal said man in form Noval Djokovic is worthy as a No. 1 rank in the men’s singles ATP Rankings, where he played outstanding season in his profession.

Novak Djokovic, 24 years old, has won two Grand Slam crowns at Australian Open and Wimbledon including six ATP World Tour titles.  Djokovic is the one of the hot favorites to confirm the title at US Open this year at Flushing Meadows, according to Nadal.  The latter has ended a profession Grand Slam by defeating Djokovic in the 2010 US Open finals in four sets.  The only player to win three successive major championships in a season with French Open, Wimbledon and US Open is no other than Nadal.

The 2011 French Open winner said that he was amazed by the ability of Djokovic to keep constantly strong of mind and he wants to congratulate him. Djokovic had 57-2 win loss record in the season, where Nadal shocked 5-0 win loss head-to-head record against Djokovic in this year.  Djokovic rose to No. 1 position, after arriving the 2011 Wimbledon final at All England Club.  Nadal says he is not yet thinking about some new plans versus Djokovic, where he is busy with his practice sessions for US Open title.

Nadal was disappointed at the Cincinnati Masters, after losing the quarter finals to Mardy Fish in straight sets. However, he has been working at the Center Court, prior to the US Open from next Monday, where he will play his opening round versus Andrey Golubey of Kazakhstan.

Del Potro Wins Over Blake in Farmers Classic

For Juan Martin del Potro, this season has seen an inspiring climb in the world.  The second seed from Argentina continued his run with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win against American James Blake in the second round of the $700,000 Farmers Classic, a United States Open Series event.

Titled as low as 484^th on February 7, del Potro has risen to a present ranking of 19^th thanks in part to titles at Delray Beach and Estoril.  He as well has not lost an opening-round match at some tournament the entire year and he continued that Wednesday.

Marcos Baghdatis, the third seed was upset by Yen-Hsun Lu, with 6-3, 6-4.  Lu is best player of Chinese Taipei, ranked 76^th.  He is coming off his first quarterfinal of the year in the previous week in Atlanta.

The quarterfinal opponent of Lu will be 19-year-old Ryan Harrison, who overturned colleague American Michael Russel, 6-3, 6-4 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA.  Harrison was in the semifinals in the previous week in Atlanta.
Following the quarterfinals for del Potro will be Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who conquered American qualifier Daniel Kosakowski, with 6-2, 6-4.
The remaining second-round competitions will be played Thursday, emphasized by top seed Mardy Fish facing Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.

The Los Angeles champion of 2011 will receive $113,000.

Mardy Fish Wins in the Atlanta Tennis Championships

Mardy Fish provided himself small credit for saving two second-set match points versus John Isner.

Fish said, “When you’re in that position, it’s almost over.  I was lucky to get out of it. I played some good points. I don’t think he missed any first serves there. I stuck some returns and put some balls in play.”

Fish hit Isner in the final for the second straight year at the Atlanta Tennis Championships, receiving a 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 success Sunday in Norcross, Ga.

The world’s No. 9 player recovered from a 5-1 deficit in the tiebreak.

Fish said, “I didn’t necessarily change anything tactically.  I took care of my serve games a little bit better once I lost serve in the first game of the second.”

Isner was attempting to win successive affairs for the first time in his profession the same of what Fish did in 2010 at Newport and Atlanta.

However, the 6-foot-9 final service game of Isner consisted of two dual-faults.  He committed 29 unforced errors to Fish’s 11 through two sets.