{"id":53872,"date":"2013-11-28T13:49:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=53872"},"modified":"2013-11-28T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T12:58:06","slug":"best-gs-match-of-2013-rg-semifinal-nole-vs-rafa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/best-gs-match-of-2013-rg-semifinal-nole-vs-rafa\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Grand Slam match of 2013: Roland Garros semifinal Nole vs Rafa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53867\" alt=\"Auto Draft\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02-267x178.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02-264x176.jpg 264w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/atpmecevi_02-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/News\/Tennis\/2013\/11\/48\/Best-Grand-Slam-Matches-Top-2.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ATPWorldTour.com has chosen the five best matches of the year from Grand Slam events.<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 Nole features in the top four.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Novak vs Rafael Nadal Roland Garros semi-final (4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6, 7-9)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In one of the greatest chapters of their storied rivalry, culminating in a drama-laden fifth set filled with pulsating rallies and sublime shotmaking, both players were battling for a shot at history, with Novak seeking to capture the only Grand Slam trophy he hasn&#8217;t won and Nadal eyeing a record eighth Roland Garros crown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Novak vs Juan Martin del Potro Wimbledon semi-final (7-5, 4-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27GIyjrNOVw\" height=\"332\" width=\"590\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Novak vs Stanislas Wawrinka Australian Open 4th round (1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7, 12-10)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8SjG6mjVOA\" height=\"332\" width=\"590\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Novak vs Rafael Nadal US Open Final (2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iiu4WNXgZ-8\" height=\"332\" width=\"590\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: AP<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nole features in four of top 5 Grand Slam matches of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":53868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101011130,222,101010469],"class_list":["post-53872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-world-tour-en","tag-best-matches","tag-grand-slam-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53872","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=53872"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53888,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53872\/revisions\/53888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}