Djokovic Beaten By Superb Federer in French Open Semi-Final
Novak Djokovic has been beaten by Roger Federer in the second French Open semi-final, 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5).
The defeat puts an end to the magnificent run of 43 unbeaten matches by Djokovic who would have taken the no.1 world ranking from Nadal if he had won today.
We mentioned in our French Open post that this match could go either way and so it proved as the first and fourth sets had to be settled on tie-breaks.
Federer just edged both of them meaning that he avoided having to come back tomorrow to play a fifth set, there would have been no way that they would have played the fifth set tonight as the darkness came creeping in.
Both players showed why they are amongst the best in the world, it wouldn’t have been out of place for this match to be the final with some ferocious ground shots raining in from both sides. The speed and depth of the shots seemed relentless.
Federer looked back to his best with his serve working well and it was his 18th ace of the match that sealed his victory in the forth set after Djokovic had saved two match points.
Now the final on sunday will be between Federer and Nadal, perhaps on current form Federer looks slightly stronger but Nadal is not ranked no.1 at the French Open for nothing. He has only ever lost one previous match here and has a habit of rising to the occasion. Another one that will be too close to call.
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