Strategies, Determination, Game plan, Hard work and the most important Self belief is what is required for a sportsperson to conquer the furious attacks from his opponent. Novak Djokovic has lacked his usual charm this year and was pushed into the corner by Nadal in all encounters that he faced the Spaniard.
When I watch the highlights of this year's US open final, Nole seemed lost, confused, unmotivated and also overconfident at times in sealing the opportunities for break points. The loopholes in his game have generated enough doubts about the Serb's ability to face the adversity from Nadal in recent times.The need of the hour for Djokovic could well be to figure out how substantial are the Unforced errors count that he has committed during this year's slams.
It could well be evident from the US Open final that, somewhere deep in his mind, his self belief has been shaken and needs to rejuvenate himself to face the prospect of Nadal gaining momentum on hard courts, which could well be said to be Djoker's forte.So far the year has been a roller coaster ride for Novak, after having won Australian Open, the Serb has Just won 2 tournaments out of 11 he has played ( Dubai, Monte Carlo). Novak Djokovic needs to boost up and display at least a glimpse of his 2011 form.
I have made a brief analysis of Novak's Unforced Errors count in Grand slam tournaments this year.
It can be seen from the graph, that there is sharp increase in Unforced errors count as the Grand Slam tournament heads into the 2nd week ( 4th Round and later ). Despite his Unforced errors of 61 in Australian Open final as against just 46 from Murray, Novak managed to win the Slam, but the trend continued at Other slams too.
At the French Open, Nadal terminated Djokovic's run in the semis, a 5 set thriller but the same story had repeated of committing a whooping 75 Unforced errors from Novak's Racket as against 44 from Nadal's Weapon.At The Championships, it was 40 of Djoker's to just 21 of Murray's and finally at US Open, Novak fired 53 Unforced errors to a mere 20 from Nadal.
It is quite clear from the above statistics that Djokovic has had a lot of Unforced errors committed after the 4th round and so. It might be a fair indication of Djokovic's game plan for the Top players he faces in these latter rounds of slams.We can just make an impression out this that Djoker's plan may be completing the points faster and being aggressive, in doing so he overplays a shot, which unfortunately turns out to be an error. A Cumulative analysis in the form of Pareto Chart can be viewed more easier and give us a more clear picture of Djokovic's faults..
About 72% of Unforced errors ( on cumulative basis ) are being contributed at the 4th, QF, SF and Final stages of a Grand Slam. If at all Djokovic concentrates on reducing his Unforced errors count, it would be an added advantage for the Serb to counter his opponents.
A more focused, more composed and more determined Djokovic, is what we expect to see for the rest of the season and it would be very challenging for Djokovic to defend his points as Nadal has nothing to loose and would just go on add to his tally to end the Year as World no.1.
The Next tournament both Nadal and Djokovic play is the China Open, which begins September 31. Djokovic is the defending Champion there and it could be the result here, which could finally seal the fate of Nadal being ranked no.1
When I watch the highlights of this year's US open final, Nole seemed lost, confused, unmotivated and also overconfident at times in sealing the opportunities for break points. The loopholes in his game have generated enough doubts about the Serb's ability to face the adversity from Nadal in recent times.The need of the hour for Djokovic could well be to figure out how substantial are the Unforced errors count that he has committed during this year's slams.
It could well be evident from the US Open final that, somewhere deep in his mind, his self belief has been shaken and needs to rejuvenate himself to face the prospect of Nadal gaining momentum on hard courts, which could well be said to be Djoker's forte.So far the year has been a roller coaster ride for Novak, after having won Australian Open, the Serb has Just won 2 tournaments out of 11 he has played ( Dubai, Monte Carlo). Novak Djokovic needs to boost up and display at least a glimpse of his 2011 form.
I have made a brief analysis of Novak's Unforced Errors count in Grand slam tournaments this year.
It can be seen from the graph, that there is sharp increase in Unforced errors count as the Grand Slam tournament heads into the 2nd week ( 4th Round and later ). Despite his Unforced errors of 61 in Australian Open final as against just 46 from Murray, Novak managed to win the Slam, but the trend continued at Other slams too.
At the French Open, Nadal terminated Djokovic's run in the semis, a 5 set thriller but the same story had repeated of committing a whooping 75 Unforced errors from Novak's Racket as against 44 from Nadal's Weapon.At The Championships, it was 40 of Djoker's to just 21 of Murray's and finally at US Open, Novak fired 53 Unforced errors to a mere 20 from Nadal.
It is quite clear from the above statistics that Djokovic has had a lot of Unforced errors committed after the 4th round and so. It might be a fair indication of Djokovic's game plan for the Top players he faces in these latter rounds of slams.We can just make an impression out this that Djoker's plan may be completing the points faster and being aggressive, in doing so he overplays a shot, which unfortunately turns out to be an error. A Cumulative analysis in the form of Pareto Chart can be viewed more easier and give us a more clear picture of Djokovic's faults..
A more focused, more composed and more determined Djokovic, is what we expect to see for the rest of the season and it would be very challenging for Djokovic to defend his points as Nadal has nothing to loose and would just go on add to his tally to end the Year as World no.1.
The Next tournament both Nadal and Djokovic play is the China Open, which begins September 31. Djokovic is the defending Champion there and it could be the result here, which could finally seal the fate of Nadal being ranked no.1
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