Rafa Nadal blazed to an eighth consecutive Monte

Carlo Masters title as he ended a seven-match 

losing streak against Novak Djokovic with an

emphatic 6-3 6-1 victory on Sunday. Djokovic

had dominated Nadal like no one else could since

the start of 2011, beating the Spanish superstar

in seven consecutive finals.

Nadal picked up an early break and rolled from

there. He closed out the first set in 46 minutes

with a second break, as Djokovic blew a shot

wide after saving one set point with a perfect

serve and volley. Djokovic sent a backhand long

to give Nadal a break for a 2-0 lead in the second

set and the 10-time Grand Slam champ solidified

it with a hold at love in the next game. 

DUBAI -- The 16-time Grandslam Champion and considered by many to be the greatest tennis player ever gave his first ever interview to a Pakistani news channel on Tuesday . 

The Swiss Maestro Roger Federer has thanked all the Pakistanis supporters and he hopes to meet them in Pakistan soon. Roger Federer was talking to Altamash Jiva on Geo News.

Federer also said that if he would have played cricket he would have been a batsman.  He also said that he has met with India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath but is yet to meet any Pakistani cricketer .

Roger Federer who was beaten by Pakistan’s tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq in doubles match in 2009 was giving this interview to Geo News .

 Playing in her first Grand Slam final and with the No.1 ranking on the line, Victoria Azarenka stepped up in a big way, recording a runaway 6-3 6-0 win over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open Final.

With the winner of the final guaranteed to rise to No.1 next week, her first Grand Slam title wasn't the only thing Azarenka was playing for. And it seemed like maybe it was on her mind as she had a slow start, losing the first two games then falling behind 0-30 in the third - but she came alive from there, holding and then breaking back, then from 3-all going on an absolute tear, winning the next nine games in a row to polish off the one-hour, 22-minute victory.

Novak Djokovic survived a brutal battle of wills with

grand slam nearly man Andy  Murray on Friday to

reach the final of the Australian Open against

fellow fighter Rafa Nadal. 

Defending champion Djokovic fought the Briton

to a standstill in a 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-1 7-5 victory

after almost five hours of heart-stopping,

hand-wringing tennis at Rod Laver Arena. 

After finally swatting away Murray's semi-final

challenge, the world number one crumpled

to the court in exhausted relief, barely able

to flick off the moths fluttering around his

arms. Murray could easily have walked away

as the winner, Djokovic acknowledged.

The opening Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open was founded in 1905. This year the tournament takes place from January 16-29 at Melbourne.

On Day 10 of the Australian Open, Indian pair Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi cruised into the semi-finals of mixed doubles event by beating the English-American combine of Colin Fleming and Liezel Huber in straight sets 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

The first set went right down to the wire with some resilience from the American-British duo but the Indian pair asserted their supremacy in the second set to win the contest that lasted one hour and twenty-four minutes.

Here's a round up of all the matches that took place in men's and women's singles draw on Day 9:

[2] R Nadal (ESP) d [7] T Berdych (CZE) 67(5) 76(6) 64 63 

World No.2 Nadal will lock horns with arch rival Roger Federer in a Thursday night semi-final after taking out Berdych 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-3. The contest lasted for 4 hours and 16 minutes before the Spaniard eventually prevailed."I think the level of the third and fourth set for me was very, very high playing on these courts," said Nadal. "[I'm] very happy about how I finished the match.

[3] R Federer (SUI) d [11] J del Potro (ARG) 64 63 62

Meanwhile, Swiss Maestro Roger Federer out-classed Juan Martin DelPotro after an easy straight

set win over the Argentine. It was Federer's 1000th tour level match. "I wish it was 1000 wins,

but I'm happy with 1000 matches in total, too." said Federer." It's nice to win this one.

Here's a round up of all the matches that took place in men's singles draw on Day 7:

[2] R Nadal (ESP) d [18] F Lopez (ESP) 64 64 62

World No.2 Rafael Nadal thrashed  fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday. Nadal will now face Tomas Berdych of Czech republic in the quarter finals and will aim to reach his first semi-final in three years.

[3] R Federer (SUI) d B Tomic (AUS) 64 62 62

Swiss Maestro Roger Federer outclassed Australian superstar Bernard Tomic to book his place in his 9th straight quarter final in Melbourne. Fed -Ex hit 13 aces and 45 winners throughout the match. He will now face Argentine Juan Martin Delpotro in the quarter finals.

Here's a round up of all the matches that took place in men's singles draw on Day 6:

No. 1 Novak Djokovic d. Nicolas Mahut (6-0, 6-1, 6-1)                                                             

Not surprisingly, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic made an example of journeyman Nicolas Mahut. While Mahut may have played the longest match in tennis history against John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010, his crushing defeat against Djokovic probably ranks as one of the shorter three-set matches ever. Djoker has been dominant on hard courts last season, so Mahut never stood much of a chance, as Djokovic seems destined for yet another Aussie Open final.

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame Juan Martin del Potro in the an exciting thriller winning the fifth Davis Cup title for his country. The Spaniards were 3-1 against Argentina.

Rafael Nadal defeated Juan Martin del Potro 16 64 61 76 (0) at Seville's Olympic Stadium on Sunday to hand Spain their fifth Davis Cup.

The classic contest lasted 4 hours 8 minutes.Nadal was completely dominated at the start of the match as del Potro raced out of the blocks and won seven straight games to take a set and a break lead, but the world No. 2 snatched a crucial game at the start of the second set that swung the momentum.

When Nadal broke again to win the  second set it looked like he was on his way to a comfortable  victory. He walked through the third set and went a break up at the start of the fourth, but then del Potro, lifted by the Argentine fans,staged a remarkable comeback. In an enthralling fourth set, which swung one way and then the other on more than a few occasions, del Potro served to take the match into a decider, only for Nadal to break back.