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Weekly Snapshot: Djokovic Reigns Supreme

Djokovic© Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open in the longest Grand Slam final on record.

Tap into the essentials of the week ahead and re-live the highlights of the past week with our Weekly Snapshot, as we serve up an executive summary of what every fan should know, along with a look at the best in social media.

LOOKING AHEAD

Who’s Playing This Week?
There are three ATP World Tour 250 events this week in Montpellier, Viña del Mar and Zagreb

Open Sud de France: World No. 7 Tomas Berdych headlines a strong field. The Czech, coming off a quarter-final showing at the Australian Open, is making his event debut. A trio of Top 20 Frenchmen, Gilles Simon (No. 2 seed), Gael Monfils (No. 3 seed and 2010 titlist) and Richard Gasquet (No. 4 seed and 2006 champion when it was held in Lyon), also feature in the draw.

VTR Open: World No. 29 Juan Monaco is the top seed, returning for his seventh appearance. He is a two-time runner up in 2010 and 2008. Countryman Juan Ignacio Chela is the No. 2 seed, Thomaz Bellucci, who defeated Monaco in the 2010 final, is seeded third, and Pablo Andujar is the No. 4 seed.

PBZ Zagreb Indoors: Home favourite and 32nd-ranked Ivan Ljubicic is the No. 1 seed. The 2006 titlist is one of four former champions in the draw, along with defending champion and No. 4 seed Ivan Dodig, 2008 winner Sergiy Stakhovsky and 2007 titlist Marcos Baghdatis. Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Mikhail Youzhny are seeded second and third, respectively.

Potential Milestones (Career match wins as of 30 January, 2012)
Zagreb - Singles
Ivo Karlovic - 197 wins

Zagreb - Doubles
Andy Ram - 298 wins 

Rankings Movers
Juan Martin del Potro 10 (+1 spot)
Nicolas Almagro 11 (-1 spot)
Gilles Simon 12 (+2 spots)
Gael Monfils 13 (+2 spots)
Feliciano Lopez 15 (+4 spots)
Alexandr Dolgopolov 18 (-5 spots)
Kei Nishikori 20 (+6 spots)
Stanislas Wawrinka 27 (-5 spots)
Milos Raonic 28 (-3 spots)
Philipp Kohlschreiber 33 (+8 spots)
Bernard Tomic 34 (+4 spots)
Jurgen Melzer 41 (-8 spots)
Ivo Karlovic 46 (+11 spots)
Mikhail Kukushkin 64 (+28 spots)
Yen-Hsun Lu 65 (+14 spots)
Tommy Robredo 68 (-17 spots)
Go Soeda 88 (+11 spots)
Ryan Harrison 96 (-19 spots)
Lukas Lacko 97 (+22 spots)
Adrian Mannarino 101 (-11 spots)
Lleyton Hewitt 131 (+50 spots) 

Birthdays
3 February – Philipp Marx (30)
3 February – Carlos Berlocq (29)
5 February – Andreas Beck (26)

Player To Watch: Ivan Ljubicic
LjubicicThe 32-year-old Ljubicic is the top seed at his home country's event in Zagreb, where he holds a 16-5 event record. He won the debut tournament in 2006 (d. Koubek), and reached back-to-back finals in 2007 (l. to Baghdatis) and 2008 (l. to Stakhovsky). The Croat is looking for his first win of the season, having dropped his season opener in the first round of the Australian Open (l. to Lacko). The winner of 10 ATP World Tour titles, Ljubicic will begin his PBZ Zagreb Indoors campaign against Karol Beck on Monday.

How To Watch
Follow all of the action from Montpellier and Zagreb beginning 30 January and Viña del Mar starting 3 February.
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WEEK IN REVIEW

Twitter Top Tweets - Players Respond To Djokovic-Nadal Final Epic In Melbourne

@DjokerNole (Novak Djokovic )
Still cannot believe i am awake :) unbelievable match, i love tennis!!!! Ne mogu da verujem da sam jos uvek budan :) k… say.ly/aEd1kSC

@andyroddick (Andy Roddick)
Djokovic-rafa. Absolute war. physicality of tennis has been taken to another level in the last 5 years. 6 straight hours of power/speed

@kevinanderson18 (Kevin Anderson)
Are you freaking kidding with me! Just woke up and caught up with result. Got to hand to it both players, #Djokovic just a little too good

@JohnIsner (John Isner)
Cant help but be impressed with nadal and djokovic. Ridiculous athletes

@dusanVemic (Dusan Vemic)
@DjokerNole Congratulations to you, Winning this, Australian Open 2012 championship!!! You left it all out there....pic.twitter.com/FlUCVsAj

@SomdevD (Somdev Devvarman)
Both @DjokerNole and @RafaelNadal are such great athletes and great ambassadors of our sport! #truechampions

@jesselevine7 (Jesse Levine)
Tennis was the real winner in that final...sheesh, what a battle. Hats off to both players. Taking tennis to new level

@Maheshbhupathi (Mahesh Bhupathi)
Wow! Cliche but tennis won today..Congrats @DjokerNole unexplainable effort and to @RafaelNadal for an amazing display of pure grit and guts.

@Thiemodebakker (Thiemo de Bakker )
Great match! Unbelieveble what a fight after 6 matches and 5 hours+ today! #respect!!!!!!!!

@taylordent81 (Taylor Dent)
Congratulations to djokovic! My stomach is in knots for nadal. I know he's tough and will recover from such an emotional loss. Great oz open

@BjorkmanTennis (Jonas Bjorkman)
A big congrats to Djokovic for his third slam in a row, impressive start of the year. Can he copy last year’s performance?

@TommyHaas13 (Tommy Haas)
the quality of endurance, will power , strength, shot making and mental toughness is just on another level from those two warriors. Respect

@justingimelstob (Justin Gimelstob)
Me being SPEECHLESS, says it all..congrats to 2 warriors @DjokerNole and @RafaelNadal taking the sport to new levels! #fb

@rohanbopanna (Rohan Bopanna)
That was some phenomenal display of outstanding tennis with stamina and courage by both @RafaelNadal & @DjokerNole . Hats off to u guys. 

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The World No. 1 just won his fifth Grand Slam title. Send Djokovic a congratulations message while checking out all the behind the scenes photos and videos he’s posted.

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Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan reveal to ATPWorldTour.com their twin’s most annoying habit, their pet peeves and more at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

In Case You Missed It…
Melbourne:
Novak Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal  5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in five hours and 53 minutes to win the longest Grand Slam final on record. He became the 100th Australian Open men’s singles champion, winning his fifth major title overall. Djokovic: 'We made history tonight'

Three For Three
By capturing the Australian Open title, Novak Djokovic became just the fifth man since the Open Era began in 1968 to win three straight Grand Slam titles, following his triumphs at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2011. See who else pulled off the feat in the chart below…

PlayerYear(s)/Tournaments
Novak Djokovic 2011 Wimbledon, 2011 US Open, 2012 Australian Open
Rafael Nadal 2010 Roland Garros, 2010 Wimbledon, 2010 US Open
Roger Federer 2006 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, 2007 Australian Open
Roger Federer 2005 Wimbledon, 2005 US Open, 2006 Australian Open
Pete Sampras 1993 Wimbledon, 1993 US Open, 1994 Australian Open
Rod Laver 1969 Australian Open, 1969 Roland Garros, 1969 Wimbledon, 1969 US Open

Tidbits
Novak Djokovic defended a Grand Slam title for the first time in his career in Melbourne.
Leander Paes completed a career Grand Slam in men’s doubles, partnering Radek Stepanek to a 7-6(1), 6-2 victory over three-time defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Paes: 'I know how to pick great partners'
Horia Tecau captured the mixed doubles crown with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, defeating Paes and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. Tecau: 'It's great to break the ice'
• The nine-living Australian Open men’s champions, Bill Bowrey, Ashley Cooper, Mark Edmondson, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Mervyn Rose, Ken Rosewall and Frank Sedgman, participated in a trophy ceremony prior to the men’s singles final.
• 15 year old Dylan Colaci staked his claim as ball kid of the year, catching a ball hit by Roger Federer with cat-like reflexes. Watch the video that went viral.

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