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Former world number one Novak Djokovic and US Open finalist Kevin Anderson face endless semifinals in (Sunday, 3 pm / Sky) Tennis Tournament Grand Slam of Wimbledon. Djokovic, the former protege of Boris Becker, sat in the second part of the semifinal grand clbad on Saturday against the winner of the Spanish Open Rafael Nadal 6: 4 , 3: 6, 7: 6 (11: 9), 3: 6, 10: 8 through.
"It's hard to find words, I'm just overwhelmed," said the Grand Slam winner twelve times. "It was a very special match, it could have gone both ways, and I did not know if I would win until the last knock, and you live and work for those matches."
Only after a total playing time of 5:15 hours and just before the start of the delayed women's final with Angelique Kerber, her fifth participation in the finals of the most famous tennis tournament in the world was confirmed. "It was a great show for the fans, I'm not happy with the result, but happy to have been part of it," Nadal said. After the quarterfinal of favorite Roger Federer, the world number one failed.
The Anderson semifinal was the longest semifinal of Wimbledon
At 11:02 pm it was the second semifinal interesting. held – due to late hour on Friday night and by consideration for residents after three interrupted sentences.
At a semi-marathon, the eighth Anderson and American John Isner delivered the second longest match and the longest semi-final in the history of Wimbledon in 6:36 and so the delay and the extension on the day of the women's final worried. With 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 7 (9:11), 6: 4, 26:24 Anderson has been beaten as the first South African since 1921 in his first Wimbledon final.
"If you stop at 23:00 and go back to the training ground at 10:30, the adrenaline rush is quite strong, it was a late night and early morning," said Djokovic. "I wish I could take a day off."
Djokovic knocked out Nadal's favorites
Djokovic, three-time Wimbledon champion, was not so strong after two long years of elbowing that he was in the final He has won five of six previous clashes with the world number eight.
Under the closed roof of the Center Courts, while the match started the day before, Nadal and Djokovic continued their intense world-clbad duel on Saturday afternoon. The game was taken over in a 2-1 game led by Djokovic. The 17-time Grand Slam champion, Nadal, had to fight alone for 16 minutes before he managed his first serve. The 32-year-old took a break to put the score at 2-0, lost the advantage at 2: 3, but nevertheless got the game clearing.
The fifth decisive round was also the best in front of the eyes of British duchesses Kate and Meghan Tennis entertainment and pure excitement. At 8: 7 Djokovic had a match point, Nadal pushed him off with a balloon stop. At 9:08 and 0:30, the Spaniard then slipped on the field, Djokovic suddenly had three more match points and took the next opportunity. The match will now take place at Anderson's Duel and Isner as the second semifinal in Wimbledon's statistics.
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