the serbian world number one has been an unstoppable force in recent weeks , winning 17 matches on the bounce and becoming the first man to win the season 's first three masters title .
he beat nadal on his beloved red clay in last week 's monte carlo masters semi-finals , and the nature of djokovic 's 6-3 6-3 mauling means plenty are backing .
nadal was beaten convincingly by novak djokovic in monet carlo last week .