Novak Djokovic continued his amazing 2011 on Sunday when he beat Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon 2011 men’s singles final. The Serbian was the superior player for most of the contest, triumphing 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 during a match where both players regularly broke serve.

Djokovic started the tournament having been beaten just once during that calendar year, although there was a question mark as to whether the Australian Open champion would make the necessary impact on grass.

However, he saved his best performances for the semi-final win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and final win over Nadal, which means he is now world number one.

“It is the best day of my life,” Djokovic said. “This is the tournament I always dreamed of winning. I think I am still sleeping, still dreaming. When you’re playing the best player in the world … I had to be on top of my game. I played probably my best match on grass courts ever.”

Djokovic’s tennis during the second set demolition of the reigning champion suggested that the match could be over very quickly, although Nadal demonstrated his battling qualities to make an immediate response in the third set and had an opportunity to break early in set four which might have changed things considerably.