Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic score, result, video, closed roof

Nadal takes the fourth set shortly after the restart Saturday night (AEST) and seemed ready to continue his stellar race at Wimbledon

A series of breathtaking rallies treated the fans while two of the biggest Sports stars clashed on British grbad.

He threw a curve as Nadal returned to 5-5 in the fifth, but a handful of direct errors from the king of the clay gave the Serbian momentum to run through his service game and bring the score to 6-5.

Djokovic left the Wimbledon crowd, with Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, admiring.

By 7-6 in the fifth, both players had earned exactly 175 points for the match.

Djokovic began to grow more and more agitated as Nadal rebounded to 7-7, shouting to his box before the Spaniard helped him play for the game.

The match continued his fiery come-and-go with Nadal escaping the match from point 16 in the last set, A number of crosscourt forehand winners from Nadal sought to prevent him from losing his first semifinal at the historic tournament, but the Djoker had the last laugh with the last break after the five-hour mark.

The clash will remain in history as the second-longest semifinal match in the history of Wimbledon behind Kevin Anderson and the exciting six-hour, 36-minute meeting of John Isner more early in the week

. 3-6 7-6 3-6 10-8 in favor of Djokovic

"To win against the best player in the world, the longest game I've ever played … I'm overwhelmed", was he said after the match.

"It really could have gone both ways," said Djokovic, who is bidding for a fourth championship at the All England Club and the 13th Grand Slam title.

"Basically until the last shot, I did not know if I was going to win."

Nadal was however left angry by the decision to close the roof, even though there was no trace of rain on the radar.

While their epic semifinal was interrupted, the roof was closed and the game had to start under the same circumstances. But the world No. 1 was still not happy.

"It's an outdoor tournament, OK, we start in. What I do not understand is that we could have started on the outside today." Today

"Today we continued undercover because we started to infiltrate, I do not think it's fair, it's an open-air tournament." [19659003] "If the previous game started with the roof, there was some logic but I do not understand why it had to be shut down."

The temperatures inside the stadium rose so steep Nadal after only three matches in the fourth set.

The event organizers approached the two men before the match resumed on the decision and Djokovic gave his honest comments.

"Tournament organizers and referees have said that Djokovic said: "They told us we had to play under the roof. was for the roof because we started playing below. I wanted to play in the same conditions. "

Nadal did not want the call to make this match unbelievable.

" Of course, I'm not happy with the end result. Of course, I'm happy to be part of this fantastic match.

"Normally, I am very critical of myself, I hit very good shots, I played aggressive, I missed some balls, not too much, but I did not feel like it.

"When you play with that intensity, with that level of risk, that level of pbadion, sometimes you pbad, right?"

"I have nothing to complain about. I think I played a great match and I do not have much more in me. I give the best of myself, and that's all.

"It's fair to say that it was a good match and he beat me." Bravo for him .It's all .It's sport

" kind of match between probably two great players, playing so well both, anything can happen. That's all. Today was for him. Good game. "

Djokovic has not won a major award for more than two years, he was injured in the right elbow in 2017. He left his quarter-final at Wimbledon and missed the rest of the season. was operated on in February, but his results were still uncertain.

Until now, that is, his defense and his return are still as good and made the difference at his 52nd meet at the tour level with Nadal, more than any other men.

"In my opinion, he deserved it," said Nadal. "I deserved it too." Not being discouraged by a lead and forced to an extra set, Djokovic saved break points at 4-all and 7-all in the fifth, before breaking Nadal's love to put an end to things.

It's hard to pick out words, "said Djokovic, who has won his last eight games at Wimbledon.

"I'm just pbading over things, flashbacks from the last 15 months and all that I've experienced happening here."

– With AP