Novak Djokovic qualified for their fourth semi-finals of Roland Garros after beating Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in a sports betting game that had to be imposed on the maximum, needing five sets, four hours of play and saving four match points against. His next opponent on clay will be his executioner gala last year, Roger Federer.
Novak Djokovic was about to awaken from the dream of seeing completed the Grand Slam in a row. Having crowned in London, New York and Melbourne only needs to do in Paris, where his best results have been the semifinals in 2007 and 2008 he lost to Rafael Nadal and last year when he lost to Roger Federer. This edition will have a new attempt to overcome this barrier after overcoming a tough quarter-final hurdle. The world number one had to pull gallons, quality, luck and some of the lives that have a cat to solve its commitment to the local Jo-Wilfred Tsonga by an aggregate score of 6-1, 5-7, 5-7 , 7-6 (6), 6-1 after four hours and ten minutes in a clash played on the Philippe Chatrier. It seemed it would be a quick game when Djokovic signed the first set 6-1 in just 21 minutes, dropping only four points (three in the service and each other). A blank break over Nole in the opening game of the second act was evidence of differences in a player plugged in, physically and mentally strong you really went all-the Serbs, and a player seemingly listless, apathetic, erratic and complaining of shoulder problems. After fixing and how the first round, Jo was even call physiotherapist who, however, failed to appear in court.
As touched by a magic wand, Tsonga reacted embraced by an audience that every year he remembers that the last French managed to kiss the Musketeers Cup was Yannick Noah in 1983. The Le Mans was turned legs, got on track to take the lead in intense exchanges from the back of the court and took shine to your racket. The setbacks were accompanied by missile crossed dressed Djokovic rights that blurred the mat. The Serb, resigned, took a hit over the public by pointing out bad boats on some points that the chair umpire, Jake Gardner, comprombó they were good. The Frenchman took the second and third sets of the same guise, surprising the Balkan when he was already thinking about how to deal with the tie-break. The fourth set was more tension. The game was called and the two players shined at its highest level. Tsonga took the ticket to the semifinals, it would have been his best result in Paris in the pocket in the eighth game always key. A 15-40 will remember in your head again and again. Djokovic saved by pulling the service. Before he came to sudden death, had two other advantages to rest the Frenchman who finished crashing the ball on the tape. The public feared the worst ... and it was.
The tie-break Djokovic fell on payroll, which rallied from a 4-2 adverse change in the track and was able to recover a missed ball set. Everyone then winning horse betting, the victory of a Djokovic in the fifth proved his status as number one. That forces wavered, but in the Gallic player that ended in tears with the towel on his head lamenting the missed opportunity. The Serb, who held the party as if he had won the title, came back alive from a battle that seemed lost.
Coming back from a 0-2 to Andres Seppi and 1-2 to Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Djokovic reached the semifinals in Paris punished physically but morally strengthened by knowing that you have secured the defense of the points earned last year. Just be his executioner at that time, Roger Federer, his next opponent in Paris. 25 above between the two, with a record of 14-11 favorable to the Swiss 3-2 in dominating land. On Friday, Roland Garros, will live a new chapter.
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