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NovakDjokovic.AlsoinAustraliathe"usual'
namesappear:DjokovicreplacedFederer's
dominanceastheCurrentWorldNo.1wonfive
times.
SINCE20YEARSWIMBLEDONISMORE
GRANTEDWHILEFLUSHINGMEADOWS
DENIESTHEPREDICTIONS
Evenifitcanseemincredible,wecandescribe
WimbledonasthemostpredictableGrandSlam
tournament.Inthelasttwentyyears,itmeans
from1996included,onlyeightplayerswonthe
titleinLondon(Krajicek,IvanisevicandHewitt
onceandSampras,Federer,Nadal,Djokovic,
Murraytwotimesormore).
InAustraliaandintheFrenchOpen,alwaysby
1996,11differentplayerswon:Becker,Sampras,
Korda,Kafelnikov,Agassi,Johansson,Federer,
Safin,Djokovic,NadalandWawrinkatriumphed,
whileinParisthesuccessesofKafelnikov,
Kuerten,Moya,Agassi,AlbertCosta,Ferrero,
Gaudio,Nadal,Federer,WawrinkaandDjokovic
came.
AttheUSOpen13tennisplayerswonbutthe
mostinterestingthingisthatit'stheonly
tournamentwheretherehavebeenupsets(Del
PotroandCilicproveit).
Bettinglovers,it'syourtime!Ifyouwantto
takerisksandplaceyourmoneyonanoutsider
doitduringUSOpen.