Djokovic will next play the winner of Friday's semifinal between No. 2 Roger Federer, a four-time Australian Open champion, and No. 3 Andy Murray, the U.S. Open champion.
No longer is it necessary to sit around at home for hours to catch the usual moments of Olympic high drama, such as the play of Andy Roddick on the U.S. Tennis team.
From Andy Murray's U.S. Open triumph to Bradley Wiggins's victory in the Tour de France and the country's historic medal haul at the London Olympics, it has been an unforgettable summer of U.K. sport.
The outlook wasn't helped by the retirement of Andy Roddick, whose 2003 U.S. Open championship is the most recent major title by a U.S. male.
Midfielder Andy Parkinson made his first appearance for the U's since damaging cruciate knee ligaments back in August.
After losing the 2003 U.S. Open final to Andy Roddick, Ferrero became only the second Spanish player to ever reach world No. 1.
Nadal has a first-round bye in Abu Dhabi, then plays the winner of the match between U.S. Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray and ninth-ranked Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.
The U.S., who are without Andy Roddick or Mardy Fish, will look to the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) to edge them into the lead tomorrow as they face Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau.
's U.K. newspaper unit, and Andy Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World tabloid who later served as Prime Minister David Cameron's top communications adviser until he resigned that post in 2011.
Djokovic was then knocked out of Wimbledon in the semifinal by Federer, beaten in the last four of the Olympics by Andy Murray and again bested by the Briton in the U.S. Open final in September.
Djokovic, a loser in the U.S. Open final last year to Andy Murray, looks like he wants to atone for that defeat.
Federer's charge to wrestle the Shanghai crown from Andy Murray looks set to be a lot tougher, as the U.S. open champion dismissed the challenge of Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2 6-2.
But the world No.6, who beat Roger Federer at the U.S. Open last week before losing to Andy Murray in the semifinals, produced an inspired comeback to keep the Czechs firmly in contention for their second final in four years.
Cilic had shocked U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and Andy Roddick on his way to his first grand slam semifinal and continued his momentum into the clash with Murray as he took the opening set with a single break.
"Well, I've been in (law enforcement) for over 20 years, and it seems like within the last five to 10 years they have gotten really, really creative in how they bring their drugs across, " said Andy Adame, special operations supervisor for the Joint Field Command Arizona of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Thus predicts Andy Kessler, manager of the hedge fund that was ranked third in the U.S. in 1999 and a sometime FORBES columnist.
In his place, Andy Murray has risen, taking Olympic gold and then his first Slam at the U.S. Open, and playing with a new confidence.
Becker's other tips to make an impression are U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and fifth seed Andy Murray of Britain, who has yet to win a grand slam.
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Nadal, who was knocked out of the U.S. Open at the semifinal stage by Britain's Andy Murray last year, said he considers himself lucky in terms of injuries that have affected his career.
Mr. Myler served as editor of the New York Post before returning to the U.K. to run the News of the World in 2007, when former editor Andy Coulson stepped down as a result of the phone hacking scandal.
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