{"id":38385,"date":"2012-11-24T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=38385"},"modified":"2012-11-24T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T12:58:06","slug":"best-atp-and-grand-slam-matches-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/events\/best-atp-and-grand-slam-matches-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Best ATP and Grand Slam matches of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38375\" title=\"Progla\u0161eni najbolji ATP i GS me\u010devi u 2012.\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shanghai2012_getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shanghai2012_getty.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shanghai2012_getty-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shanghai2012_getty-267x145.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shanghai2012_getty-407x220.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Novak vs Andy Murray Shanghai final encounter (5-7, 7-6(11), 6-3) has been labeled the best ATP World Tour match of the 2012 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic came into the match in stellar form, winning the title in Beijing the week before. It had all the makings of an exciting final. Nole came back from a set down and saved five match points before defeating two-time defending champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0a6Nu7bndM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nole\u2019s victory over Federer in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals championship match (4-6, 6-3, 7-6) is ranked the third best ATP World Tour match of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Serbian star brought the curtain down on a spectacular 2012 ATP World Tour season with victory over six-time champion.<\/p>\n<p>In a fitting conclusion to the season finale, 17,800 fans at The O2 watched an enthralling contest between the world\u2019s Top 2 players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uwOc2QKDTF0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nole vs Rafael Nadal epic Australian Open final (5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5) is the best match of the year from Grand Slam events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic captured his 3rd crown in Melbourne coming back from a set down and a break down in a decider to win in 5 hours and 53 minutes. It was the longest men\u2019s Grand Slam final and the longest-ever match at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/afOTX7ilr5w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Novak vs Andy Murray Australian Open Semis (6-3, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-5) is the second best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nole came back from two sets to one down to win the thriller in four hours and 50 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qpQ9v-0hUPM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanghai final encounter is labelled the best ATP World Tour match of the 2012 season. Australian Open final and semi-final are the best two matches of the year from Grand Slam and Olympic events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":38375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[101010274,222,101010743],"class_list":["post-38385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-australian-open-2012-en","tag-best-matches","tag-shanghai-rolex-masters-2012en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38392,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38385\/revisions\/38392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}