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The world has found two new Tennis Superstars in Novak Djokovic and Joe Wilfried TSONGA and Djokovic has come out victorious in the battle between two extremely talented youngsters. He has become the first from Serbia to win a grand slam when he beat TSONGA in the 2008 Australian Open final today with the score line reading 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 5-7,

Today’s match didn’t see the artistry TSONGA had shown in the semi final against Rafael Nadal with magical touch and drop shots. It was just brute force that did Djokovic in. Djokovic, a great athlete himself like Rafael Nadal and normally one of the best movers on the court was a mere spectators on many cross-court passing, down the line, forehand, double-handed backhand shots by TSONGA.

That Djokovic was the favorite to win the tournament was clear when he humiliated long reigning world #1 Roger federer in Friday’s semi final. But spectators at the Rod Laver arena were clearly behind the charismatic and Md. Ali lookalike TSONGA. He didn’t disappoint them taking the first set in 52 minutes. It was the first time that anybody in the last fortnight has taken a set off him.

In the first set TSONGA used his brute force and at moments Djokovic was just a spectator to powerful strokes by TSONGA. But soon the Serb got his rhythm back and took the 2nd set. In the meantime TSONGA lost his touch and started to make lot more unforced errors. The fearlessness and magical strokes that destroyed Rafael Nadal were absent today. None the less - he stil could match Djokovic shot for shot and thats really scary to other players on the tour.