Their famed passing game was largely absent, while the out-of-form Fernando Torres was withdrawn after 56 minutes.
The pair met in the semifinals in Monte Carlo recently, where an out-of-form Djokovic crashed out 6-2 6-2.
There is, meanwhile, no surprise that out-of-form batsman Kevin Pietersen, omitted from England's limited-overs series returns to duty.
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His negative tactics were criticised after the defeats to Portugal and France, and his loyalty to the out-of-form David Beckham was also questioned.
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Worcestershire lost out-of-form Australian opener Phil Jaques for a duck, but Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali extended the lead to 189 by the close.
Watson, dropped by Jonathan Trott at mid-on off Chris Tremlett at 48, continued to play the aggressor when out-of-form captain Michael Clarke came to the crease.
And Grant sprung to the defence of out-of-form goalkeeper Rob Green, whose failure to hold on to a Didier Drogba free-kick that led to Chelsea's goal.
Out-of-form Sehwag, with only one fifty in his last 13 innings, tried to cut a ball that seamed back from Mortaza and edged into his stumps.
Nalbandian thrilled a raucous home crowd as he dominated the out-of-form Ferrer, breaking early in the first set and racing to victory in under two hours.
As a result, the out-of-form Michael Hussey (49 not out off 55 balls) - had only Australia's number nine, Nathan Hauritz, for company when the batting powerplay came.
Their second innings then got off to the worst possible start with the out-of-form Michael Carberry being caught behind for one off Lewry for the second time in the match.
The popular theory is that the national team's form is mirroring that of Munster's at club level, whose reliance on aging and out-of-form stars has seen them endure a poor season.
With rookie Steve Smith, whose credentials as a Test number six have been questioned by seasoned observers and home fans alike, and the out-of-form Michael Clarke at the crease, England sensed another dismissal was close.
Like Ponting, Clarke has been horribly out-of-form with the bat all series (148 runs in seven innings), while his captaincy of the Twenty20 and one-day sides, and celebrity lifestyle, have been criticised by the Australian media.
But the Essex man made just six more runs before edging Ishant Sharma tamely to VVS Laxman at second slip, which brought an out-of-form Bell in to partner Strauss, who made a duck in the first innings.
The England post is unlikely to be vacant for some time, however, as Brian Ashton's unexpected achievement of leading an out-of-form team to the World Cup final means that he can expect to be offered a new contract.
Ferguson replaced an out-of-form Carlos Tevez with Nani as United continued to probe from wide areas but clear-cut chances were not forthcoming and Villa reminded the reigning champions of their threat when Ashley Young's drive was well saved by Van der Sar.
Ferguson appeared to be making the point that his authority would not be questioned by leaving the striker to stew on the bench, although the United boss might also have based his decision on an out-of-form Rooney having scored just once for his side so far this season.
England believe that the fast bowlers will also benefit from the ball 'going through the top', but surely three seamers and two spinners - albeit one out of form - gives you every option?
Next to go should be the idea that "nation-building" (whether in Haiti, Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan or Bosnia) can be conducted by the U.N. on any basis other than the long-term commitment of substantial quantities of well-armed forces capable of imposing and carrying out a form of multilateral colonialism.
In rejecting the centre-left candidate, voters implicitly rejected a form of bail-out negotiated by the PD with local industrialists.
Essex lost their first wicket in the third over when Varun Chopra edged a Matthew Nicholson out-swinger but Pettini and the in-form Bopara took advantage of some wayward bowling to seize control.
The Sun's magnetic field and solar wind - mainly in the form of electrons and protons coming out of the Sun - protects the entire Solar System by acting as a sort of shield from cosmic rays (very energetic particles and radiation from outer space).
Possibly the most important health-care document to fill out in advance is a durable health-care power-of-attorney form.
After four wins from their opening five league games, Carlisle have now taken just one point out of a possible 21 in League One - their worst run of form since 2003.
Via Licensing, a recent spin-out of Dolby Laboratories (DLB) is building a group patent holders to form a LTE-based patent and licensing consortium.
The new South Korean government has separated humanitarian aid from nuclear weapons negotiations, and President Park Geun-hye has patiently held out an olive branch in the form of her "trustpolitik" policy, which promises step-by-step efforts to stabilize inter-Korean relations.
The vast majority of the Serbs were forced out of Kosovo in the immediate aftermath of the Nato invasion basically by a form of ethnic cleansing - Kosovo Albanians turned on them and kicked them out.
But of course there are specialists - there are expert managers out there in the form of unit trusts managers, investment trust managers and all of these people are there to help.
In reality, even the apparently non-selective universities apply a form of selection by quietly putting up with very high drop-out rates.
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