Novak Djokovic wins Mubadala World Tennis Championship

World No.1  Serbian Novak Djokovic who commenced the year 2012 with his impressive win with the Australia Open title, ended his 2012 season by winning the Mubadala World Tennis Championship at Abu Dhabi, beating Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.

Novak who could not win any Grand Slam other than the Australian Open, remained in the limelight and also superseded Roger Federer to stay on the top of the top of the world as the year 2012 comes to an end.

Commenting on the match and his victory, Djokovic remarked:

“It was a fantastic experience again for me coming to Abu Dhabi. This is a very nice tournament, you always get great matches, very tough matches against top opponents, and great attendance also.”

Rafael Nadal, who was eagerly awaited to join the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, could not attend due to ailment and in his stead Nicolas Almagro was included to play the championship that included top 6 tennis stars of the world.

Andy Murray could not do well, something that many see as a bad omen ahead of the forth coming first Grand Slam of the year 2013 - the Australian Open.

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Djokovic vs Ferrer: Watch Live Free Streaming | Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi - 28 December 2012

The first day of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi witnessed a poor performance by Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray, ahead of the Australian Open 2013, succumbing to world no.9 Serbian Janko Tipsarevic Thursday last night 6-3 6-4.

Djokovic vs Ferrer

Today in the two matches planned for the day, world no.1 Serbian Novak Djokovic meets world no.5 Spaniard David Ferrer at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi.

The match today recalls the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship 2011 when both Djokovic and Ferrer met to play the final. Djokovic had advanced into the final beating Roger Federer and Ferrer ousted two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal. However, Ferrer could not muster enough power to face Djokovic, paving for a simple 6–2, 6–1 victory for the Serbian.

Both players are in form this year, having lost just one of the last ten matches played. In all Djokovic and Ferrer have played 15 matches, with Djokovic having a winning edge over the Spaniard 10-5. They last met at US Open 2012 when Djokovic beat Ferrer in the semi finals 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2.

What comes of today's match can be anyone's guess unless there is a mishap like that of Murray yesterday.

The Mubadala World Tennis Championship match between Djokovic - Ferrer is scheduled for Friday, 28 December 2012 at 11:00 GMT at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi.

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Ferrer v Berdych: Watch Live Free Streaming | Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi - 27 December 2012

Soon after the first match of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship between Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarevic, the sound match of the day will be played between world no.5 David Ferrer of Spain and world no.6 Tomas Berdych of Czech republic at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi.

Ferrer first met Berdych at Gastaad in 2004 and have played since then nine matches in all, with Ferrer having a winning edge of 6-3 over the Czech. They last played against each other at Davis Cup 2012 (Czech republic vs Spain) in which Ferrer beat Berdych 6-2 6-3 7-5.

Ferrer has had a rather clean slate in his last ten matches and has lost only once at Wimbledon against Roger Federer.

While Berdych has had troubled times and has lost four out of his last ten matches, the last time was against Ferrer in Davis Cup as mentioned above.

For today's match, Ferrer is very likely to win over his opponent.

The Mubadala World Tennis Championship match between Ferrer -  Berdych is scheduled for Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 15:00 GMT at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi.

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Murray vs Tipsarevic: Watch Live Free Streaming | Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi - 27 December 2012

Now that the Christmas celebrations are over, the sportsmen return to their world and start over to thrill their fans.

The Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi gets going today with six of the top tennis players of the world. We shall miss Federer and Nadal here, but nevertheless the fun will continue to be there in this annual championship.

In the first match of the championship today, British top seed and world no.3 Andy Murray takes on 9th seed Serbian Janko Tipsarevic Thursday night today.

Both Murray and Tipsarevic played against each other eight times before since they first met at London in 2006 and Murray has a winning edge over the Serbian 5-3. They last met at Miami this year when Murray beat Tipsarevi 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarters.

It may be added here that Serbian is taking part in Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Djokovic’s recommendation.

For the first time in the tournament’s history, action will start at the later time of 5 PM (local time) on Thursday to suit fans of Murray coming straight from work.

The Mubadala World Tennis Championship match between Murray and Tipsarevic is scheduled for Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 13:00 GMT  / 17:00 Local Time at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi.

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Nadal to miss much awaited 'return' to Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi

While all seemed set for Spaniard Rafael Nadal to return and show his fitness at Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi starting 27 December, ahead of the Australian Open, a stomach virus seems to be keeping him away from returning.

The 26-year-old Spaniard has not played since June when he suffered a shock defeat in the second round of Wimbledon by Czech Lukas Rosol.

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The Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, which he won twice in 2010 and 2011, was to be his return to action after missing the Olympics, the US Open and the Davis Cup final, which Spain lost to the Czech Republic.

Nadal said he was very disappointed with yet another setback on his way back to proper fitness.

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Mubadala World Tennis Championship - Abu Dhabi | 27-29 December 2012

Six top tennis starts will participate in Mubadala World Tennis Championship - (Photo: Touchline TV)

The last tennis event of the year 2012 is the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, which is played annually at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in the lst days of December.

Mubadala World Tennis Championship is a men's singles exhibition match played on outdoor hard courts by a select top tennis star from around the world, with a winner-takes-all prize money of 250,000US$.

This year, six of the top 10 tennis players will grace the championship with world no.1 Serbian Dovak Djokovic defending his title of 2011, which he clincghed from Roger Federer.

The other five players include world  number three and Olympic Gold medal winner Andy Murray, world number four and 11-time Grand-Slam Champion Rafael Nadal, world number five David Ferrer, world number 6 Tomas Berdych and world number nine Janko Tipsarevic. We shall be missing Roger Federer, for trying to avenge his defeat of last year at the hands of Djokovic.

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All players above fresh after celebrating Christmas would be exhibiting their talent for the last time in year 2012 and gearing up for the Australian Open - the first Grand Slam of the year 2013.

So far, Rafael Nadal has won the title twice (2010, 2011), followed by one each by Djokovic (2011) and Murray (2009). Rafael is appearing almost an absence of six months due to his knee injury and his performance in Mubadala World Tennis Championship will show his fitness state for the Australian Open 2013.
* In 2011, the championship was held twice in January and December

The matches for day-1, 27 December are scheduled as under:
Murray - Tipsarevic (13:00 GMT)
Ferrer - Berdych (15:00 GMT)

Movin' Sports will provide links for the free live streaming of the Championship everyday as these happen.

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