Preview: Novak Djokovic vs David Ferrer

Top seed Novak Djokovic will meet 5th seeded Spaniard David Ferrer in the quarterfinals tomorrow. The two have met 11 times before with the series at 6-5 in Nole’s favor. It has been a very intense rivalry as the stats say. They have met 7 times on hard courts and Nole is expectedly the dominant player, winning 5 of these 7 matches. In 2011 Ferrer and Djokovic met twice with both of them winning a match apiece. Their most recent meeting was in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London 2011 where Ferrer won in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. On the whole this has been one of the least noted yet fierce rivalries on the tour.

Player Quotes

“People mostly talk about the top four because the top four have been the most dominant in tennis, the last couple of years, In my eyes David Ferrer and every player, especially the ones from the top, are great competitors and I have lots of respect toward them, I think sometimes they’re under-rated. Especially Ferrer, who has been so consistent, he’s been a top five player for a long time.” -Djokovic

Prediction for the match

This match will be a baseline slugfest with some amazing rallies. Both the players are very quick and terrific movers around the court. The Spaniard will fight till the end, bounce around and will have nothing to lose. He rarely attracts attention and it won’t be any different tomorrow as well. The sheer variety and the confidence that Nole has, will see him through. The match might go to 4 sets but, it should be the World no.1 that would be smiling and waving to the crowd, at the end of the match.