If Novak Djokovic does not win his third slam and first title here over the next two weeks on behalf of the New Order, it will take a monumental effort on behalf of one man: the defending champion, Rafael Nadal .....
Yet, for all that Djokovic's rise is seen as irresistible, for all the clamour for the sans-culottes to unseat the establishment, it is difficult to imagine Nadal losing for the fifth time this summer and the third consecutive time on clay in surrender of his title. He has looked out of sorts in Madrid and Rome yet reached the finals each time - unfortunately for him, in the presence of the rampant Serb, officially rated No2 in the world but, even in the Spaniard's eyes, the heir apparent.
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