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Nadal and Djokovic were able to enter the Center Court only after 9:00 pm Dutch time, as the meeting between Anderson and John Isner took more than 6.5 hours. Due to a "curfew" at Wimbledon, after midnight (23:00 in London) are no longer allowed to play and this deadline has not been met.
Djokovic shot the first set with 6-4, saw the second 6-3 to go to Nadal and then continue to gain the best feeling of the track thanks to a winning tie-break (11-9).
The semi-finals continue on Saturday at 14h Dutch time. The winner will meet Sunday as mentioned on the eighth seed Anderson, who beat Isner (9) with 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4 and 26-24. The women's final between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber is played Saturday after the rest of the match between Djokovic and Nadal.
High level game
Despite the long wait at the end of the first semifinal the concentration of Nadal and Djokovic did not seem to be broken. The current world number one and former captain of world rankings has introduced spectators under the now-closed roof of the Court Center and with the lights of a high-ranking party.
Djokovic, winner of 2011, 2014 and 2015, initially had the initiative. The 31-year-old Serb broke Nadal in the seventh game and shot him the first set. Djokovic first dominated in the second set, but Nadal struggled in the way that was so familiar to him. The 32-year-old Spaniard, who triumphed at Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010, again pulled the score: 6-3
In the third set, the level further increased. It turned out on a decisive game, in which Nadal got three set points thanks to two sublime dropshots. Djokovic knocked them all out and hit at 10-9 on his second chance, allowing him to start Saturday with a lead over the rest of the game.
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