Novak Djokovic Loses Australian Open

Novak Djokovic Loses Australian Open

Novak Djokovic lost the chance to win the fourth consecutive Australian Open 1^st place trophy against Stanislas Wawrinka.

The second world tennis player lost against the then 8^th tennis player in the quarter finals. The quarter finals were held on the 21 January 2014 (Tuesday) in Melbourne, Australia. The match happened over the course of 4 hours. In the end Stanislas won the match in five sets (2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6,9-7).

There are a couple of reasons why Novak could have lost. The biggest reason why he lost the match was because Wawrinka improved his game since the last time they played. Other thoughts on why Novak lost the match was because he recently changed coaches from Marian Vajda to Boris Becker.

“It’s always tough, especially against Novak. I was tired I was cramping a bit, I was nervous too. I had to fight within myself to fight against him and had try to keep my line during the game” said Wawrinka

“Wawrinka deserved to win. He served extremely well from the beginning to the end” said Djokovic

After Wawrinka beat Novak he went on to win Australian open beating Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal. This was Wawrinka’s first time to win a grand slam. 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/australian-open-2014-reigning-champion-novak-djokovic-loses-for-first-time-in-melbourne-since-2010-as-the-other-swiss-stanislas-wawrinka-advances-9074772.html

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/01/21/australian-open-2014-novak-djokovic-stunned-by-stanislas-wawrinka-in-five-set-quarter-final/