CBSSports.com: 'Joker' comes up aces against Nadal in breakthrough

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By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- He was a mimic and a comic, an athlete with a reputation for capturing the routines and characteristics of others. His nickname, "The Joker," was as much reaction to his personality as his given name with the silent "D."

Novak Djokovic had everything to be a champion but staying power and temperament. He could fist-pump with the best of them ...

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