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 | Djokovic is still unbeaten in the final in Madrid8-05-2011 |
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) qualified for the final Masters Series tournament in the Spanish capital Madrid with a prize fund 3.7 million euros. Djokovic beat Thomas Bellucci Brazilian difficult with 4:6, 6:4, 6:1 to 2:09.
So 23-year-old Serb, a record 31-straight win this year and catch up with the legend Bjorn Borg (Sweden) in second place on this indicator. Leader remains the great John McEnroe (USA) with 42 consecutive successful launch of the 1984 season.
Djokovic had to show character to keep his series. He set and trailing by 1:3 games in the second, but reached the turn. After 4:4 Serb took five straight games, which evened the score in sets and led 3:0 in the third part. By the end of the match he just gave another game to their opponents to triumph.
In search of their sixth title of the season he will face last year's champion and world No 1 Rafael Nadal (Spain).
King of clay "Nadal, who has a series of 37 consecutive wins in the red, will seek revenge over his home crowd for the loss of Djokovic in the finals of tournaments on hard court Masters Series in Indian Wells and Miami earlier this year.