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After two years chasing his best level, Novak Djokovic is well back. Serbia beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal on Saturday after a superb two-day match in the semifinals of Wimbledon
This five-set victory (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11/9), 3-6, 10-8 and 5:15 play) allows the former N.1 World to play a Grand Slam final for the first time since September 2016 and his defeat to the US Open against Swiss Stan Wawrinka
How many difficulties the Serbians have experienced after the New York epilogue: loss of the first place in the world, results below its usual standards, plummet in the standings (currently 21st), loss of motivation, operation of the right elbow at the beginning of the year …
In Wimbledon, the tournament which has crowned it three times (2011, 2014, 2015), the "Djoker" has regained its superb. He now misses a success Sunday to raise his thirteenth trophy in Grand Slam, at 31 years.
It will take him to beat the South African giant (2.03 m) Kevin Anderson who had fought 6:36 Friday to overcome the American John Isner, during the second longest single in history in Grand Slam (7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (9/11), 6-4, 26-24).
"We will see if we are able to to play, "slipped the Serb hot," overwhelmed "by emotion and drawn features. Being in the final, "it's an incredible accomplishment after all that I've lived," added the man who had stacked the four major trophies as a result between 2015 and 2016.
In what state did he and Anderson will they arrive on court Sunday? The South African enjoyed at least Saturday to rest, before playing his second major final after that of the US Open lost in September against Nadal.
– Under the roof despite the bright sun – [19659009] His prolonged duel with Isner forced Nadal and Djokovic to wait for long hours before entering the central court. The two champions had to return to the field Saturday because the curfew (23:00 local, midnight French time), imposed by the residents of Wimbledon, had cut in their tracks Friday night.
Djokovic led two innings to a – after having cleared three set balls in the third act – when the game resumed under the same conditions as it had begun, ie under the roof of the central court despite the radiant sun of London.
These conditions tend to favor the game of the Serb but it is however Nadal who offered the fourth round thanks to a lead solidity.
To register his first game of service, Majorquin badped for more than twelve minutes . The match started again at a crazy pace, only disturbed by the fluttering of the wings of a butterfly who had taken up residence on the lawn of the All England Club.
In the aftermath, Nadal cracked the Serb on his throw-in then confirmed his break (3-0), swimming.
Djokovic clung with all his might to catch up (3-3). But the world No.1, slightly stronger in the rallies, widened the gap again. He finished this fourth round on an ace, validated by the hawk-eye, after saving three new balls to break (6-3).
– More than two hours late for the women's final –
In the decisive round, Nadal dismissed a break point on a winning serve, then gave the Serbian a whirlwind, with a cushion, lob and winning forehand to reverse the situation and convert his play of service (4-4).
Djokovic, in turn, had to discard five including three in a fifteenth unbreathable game that lasted thirteen minutes (8-7).
The Serb was creating a match point on the next game, erased by a daring damn Nadal . But at 9-8, Djokovic got three more match points and the Spaniard gave up.
As a result of these two epic semi-finals: the women's final between American Serena Williams and Germany's Angelique Kerber was to start more than two hours behind the original schedule
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