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Julien Benneteau / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Novak Djokovic Photos by MegiMK. More after the jump.

As the tennis season 2012 picks up speed, let's have a look back at this classic video.Let's wait and see what the new year brings us in the Rafa-Nole departments. If we get a repeat of even a very small percentage of their classic matches from 2011, I'll be a happy blogger.

Here's the first promo shot of the dress that Ana Ivanovic will, very likely, wear at the 2012 Australian Open next month.Not bad at the first glance but I need to see more shots of it before I decide if it's worth buying or not.The shoes, however, look like a definite must-have! The tennis season 2012 just can't get here soon enough!

Photo: MegiMK Happy thanksgiving from Palm Desert, California. I'm here for a week visiting tennis resorts, testing various courts, camps and clinics. Full reviews coming sometime in January, stay tuned. Before I go, let me tell you this, the entire Palm Springs area is a complete and total paradise to any tennis enthusiast.

Photo: Getty Images It's official, kittens! ATP just announced Novak Djokovic will finish as the No. 1 player in the year-end South African Airways 2011 ATP Rankings and will be officially crowned at a special trophy presentation at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Nole, the first Serbian man to do so, became #1 on July 4 when he advanced to the Wimbledon Final, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and eventually clinching his dream title with a win over Rafa Nadal two days later.  With his fagnificent 64-3 record this season, he has won a record-breaking number of five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in one season (in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome and Montreal) as well as ATP500 in Dubai and ATP250 in Belgrade. Add the Australian Open, US Open and the fore-mentioned Wimbledon crown to the mix for a total of 10 tournaments won. See, that's all you need to become a World #1. Easy, right? Well, not so much. Congrats Nole, you sure earned i...

Check out this video of Rafa Nadal and Dickie Gasket Richard Gasquet battling it out around the age of 12. Interesting to see Richard's forehand has always been freaky looking and Rafa didn't seem to have the wedgie problem back them. Some things never change, and some things do... Thanks to Roland Garros facebook page for digging out this marvel.

This beach-front property in Nuevo Vallarta has been the hottest choice for tennis travellers for about a year now. Curious why? Read more and watch a video of the exquisite on-site tennis courts after the jump.  More after the jump.