#1 2012 Australian Open final
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Considered to be one of the greatest tennis matches of all-time, Nadal and Djokovic put on quite the show in the 2012 Australian Open final. While Nadal defeated Roger Federer to reach the final, Djokovic had to defeat Andy Murray in a match that lasted nearly five hours.
In an exciting first set, Nadal managed to break Djokovic’s serve to win it 7-5 and also went up a break in the second set. However, the Serb bounced back and won the second set 6-4 to level the match. The third set looked one-sided as Djokovic outplayed Nadal to take it 6-2.
The fourth set went to a tie-break where Djokovic led 5-3 before Nadal won the next four points to take the match into a final set. Nadal broke in the sixth game of the final set to move 4-2 up but Djokovic broke back to make it 4-4. The Serb broke for a second time to win the final set 7-5 and claim his third Australian Open title.
The match lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes thus making it the longest final in Grand Slam history, breaking the previous record set by Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl in the 1988 US Open final that lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes.
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