Novak Djokovic Apologizes After Defaulting Us Open Match For Hitting Line Umpire With Ball

As third seed at the Madrid Open, Djokovic advanced to the semi-finals without dropping a set. The match, at 4 hours and 3 minutes, was the longest three-set singles match on the ATP World Tour in the Tepat Era. At the French Open, he lost in the third round to German Philipp Kohlschreiber. Their next meeting at a Grand Slam event was again at the Australian Open, in the 2010 quarterfinals, exactly two years to the day since Djokovic defeated Tsonga to win his first Grand Slam singles title.
In the 2011 Wimbledon final, Djokovic won in four sets, which was his first victory over Nadal in a Major. By doing so, he became the only person other than Federer to defeat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament final. Djokovic also defeated Nadal in the 2011 US Open Kesimpulan to capture his third major title of the year and fourth overall. By beating Nadal, Djokovic became the second player to defeat Nadal in more than one Grand Slam final, and the first player to beat Nadal in a Slam final on a surface other than grass.

In 2012, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the Australian Tepat final which made Nadal the first male player to lose in three consecutive Grand Slam finals. At the ATP Finals, Djokovic was seeded first, and drawn in Group Guga Kuerten. With the withdrawal of Rafael Nadal from the event, Djokovic was guaranteed a fifth year-end number one ranking.
For the second time in tennis history, two tennis players played four consecutive Grand Slams finals against each other. They also became the only players in history, except for Venus and Serena Williams, to have faced the same opponent in the finals of each of the four different Grand Slam events. Nadal eventually won in four sets after multiple rain delays that forced the final to be concluded on the following Monday afternoon.
However, this time it was Tsonga who prevailed, winning in five sets after Djokovic fell ill during the match. It would be another year-and-a-half until they met again, with the stakes even higher â€" in the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2011, with the winner advancing to his first Wimbledon final. It was their first meeting on grass, and Djokovic prevailed in four sets to advance to his first Wimbledon final, and in the process ending the seven-and-a-half-year reign of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the rankings. At the 2012 French Open, Djokovic and Tsonga met again in an important quarterfinals match, with Djokovic prevailing in five sets after more than four hours of play.
Djokovic played his final tournament of the year at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Djokovic was placed in Group A along with Nadal, Berdych, and Roddick. He defeated Roddick in his final round-robin match and advanced to the semi-finals, where he lost to Federer in two sets. Djokovic was the top seed at his hometown tournament, the Serbia Open in Belgrade. He defeated first-time finalist Łukasz Kubot to win his second title of the year.
In April, Djokovic clinched his second Monte-Carlo Masters by beating Tomas Berdych in the kesimpulan. He won the title for the fourth time at the Rome Masters, making it 4 out of 4 titles in Masters 1000 events entered by Djokovic in 2015. After helping Serbia defeat the Czech Republic 3â€"2 to make it to the Davis Cup kesimpulan, Djokovic competed at the China Open as the top seed and defending champion.
He won the title for the second successive year, after defeating Maoxin Gong, Mardy Fish, Gilles Simon, and John Isner en route to the final. At the Shanghai Masters, Djokovic made a semi-final appearance, losing to Federer.