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UEGENT : Djokovic beats Nadal for Australian Open title
Jan 29, 2012, 14:41 GMT
Melbourne - Novak Djokovic claimed a hat-trick of titles at the Australian Open early Monday as he beat Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5 to win his fifth career Grand Slam trophy.
Defeat leaves world number two Nadal as the only man to lose three consecutive finals at a major after going down to his Serb rival at Wimbledon followed by the US Open last season.
The contest lasted five hours 53 minutes, the longest final in Grand Slam history. The previous record was four hours, 54 minutes in 1988 at the US Open when Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl.
Djokovic won three of the four majors in 2011. The champion in Melbourne in 2008 and 2011, has now beaten Nadal in seven consecutive finals.
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