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Novak Djokovic Girlfriend and Rafael Nadal Girlfriend Cheer at Australian Open Final

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Jelena Ristic, girlfriend of Novak Djokovic of Serbia, watches Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's finals match during day fourteen of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Getty Images)more pics »

Jelena Ristic (Getty Images)Jelena Ristic and Maria Francisca Perello had quite a stressful Sunday this week. The gals sat in the stands at the Australian open for just shy of 6 hours while their boyfriendsNovak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal battled it out in the Australian Open finals.

The match was the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of the sport and Djokovic ended up winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes. This became his third Grand Slam title in a row, and the sweet victory came at at 1:37 a.m. local time! He's only the fifth guy in Grand Slam history to win three titles in a row. After a long nap, we imagine he and Ristic will have some celebrating to do!

Nadal has lost seven straight finals against the Serbian star since March. He also lost to Djokovic at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year. It's got to be a disappointing loss, but the match will go down in history and Nadal is still one of the top players in the world.

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Maria+Francisca+Perello in Tennis player Rafael Nadal (Spain) loses against Gael Monfils (France) during the semi-finals of Qatar Ope 2012 at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha.

Maria Francisca Perello watches as boyfriend Rafael Nadal (Spain) lose against Gael Monfils (France) during the semi-finals of Qatar Ope 2012 at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha

Jelena+Ristic in 2012 Australian Open - Day 14

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Davis Cup semifinals: Nadal plays Gasquet, Djokovic against Nalbandian

0 comments 9:10:00 am Posted by jawad

Corboda (Spain), Sep 15 World No. 2 Rafael Nadal will play the opening singles for Spain in the Davis Cup semifinal against France here Friday.
Nadal will play Richard Gasquet while Spain's second singles player David Ferrer takes on Gilles Simon in the second singles match.
Nadal, who has already practised twice in Cordoba, described himself as just fit enough" to play after returning from New York.
Spain are favourites to win the tie and will be looking to reach the final for the third time in four years.
France captain Guy Forget reserved his top-ranked player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for Saturday's doubles with Michael Llodra against Spain's pair of Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez.
Nadal will play Simon while Ferrer takes on Gasquet in the reverse singles Sunday.
Spain, who have not lost at home since 1999, were without Nadal when they were beaten 0-5 by France last year in World Group quarterfinals.
In the other semifinal, US Open champion Novak Djokovic will play the opening singles match for Serbia against David Nalbandian of Argentina.
In the second singles, Janko Tipsarevic will face Juan Martin del Potro.
Djokovic, however, was not present for Thursday's draw at the Belgrade Arena and is expected to join the team later.
"We're still waiting for Novak to arrive from New York," Victor Troicki, who is in reserves, said. "We'll see how he feels. If he's not that great, I'll be definitely ready to play the first match against Nalbandian. Last year I found out three hours before the match that I would play, but this time I'm aware that he might not play if he's not right."
In Saturday's doubles, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic will take on Juan Monaco and Juan Ignacio Chela.
Davis Cup semifinal draw:
(Spain vs France) Friday: R1: Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) R2: David Ferrer (ESP) vs Gilles Simon (FRA)
Saturday: R3: Feliciano Lopez / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Michael Llodra / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Sunday: R4: Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Gilles Simon (FRA) R5: David Ferrer (ESP) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA)
(Serbia vs Argentina) Friday: R1: Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs David Nalbandian (ARG) R2: Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
Saturday: R3: Janko Tipsarevic / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs Juan Ignacio Chela / Juan Monaco (ARG)
Sunday: R4: Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) R5: Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs David Nalbandian.

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Rafael Nadal and his girlfriend Xisca at beach

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Top tennis player Rafael Nadal and his girlfriend Xisca at beach Pictures.

Rafael Nadal and his girlfriend Xisca in bikini at beach hugging

Rafael Nadal and his girlfriend Xisca in bikini at beach