The evolution of a handshake

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The 31 shot rally (Or why the 2011 US Open Men's Championship was a compelling watch)

Djokovic TKOs Nadal in the 4th set to win the 2011 US Open Men's Championship

Pummeled. Manhandled.  Bloodied. Knocked-out.  These are words best associated with boxing not a tennis match.  Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played a brutal match for the right to be called 2011 US Open Men's Champion.  I've never seen a tennis ball so savagely beaten that one could only wonder where is that violence coming from-from an frustrated Nadal angling for a revenge or from a defiant Djokovic seeking approval and respect.

For the sixth time, Nadal will be going home empty handed. Laver, Connors, Wilander, Federer and Nadal were the only players who won 3 Grandslam tourneys in one calendar year.  Djokovic now joins that elite group having won the Australian and Wimbledon earlier this year.

With the win, Djokovic is cinch to clinch the number one ranking until the end of the year.