Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday, third “major” of the season, and scored a duel with Australian Nick Kyrgios in the title match at the All England Club.
Not even the first seed entered center court well, suffered three ‘breaks’ in the first set, but knew how to react and get around the hostninth pre-designated, to play the first semifinal of a “major”, and win in four games, by partials of 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4.
After taking the lead on the scoreboard, 26-year-old Cameron Norrie could not resist the fourth break point faced in the second set and, in the eighth game, He ended up seeing his service broken and the Belgrade tennis player equalizing the score.
Djokovic, reigning champion and in search of a fourth consecutive trophy, maintained his ascendancy, came on stronger in the third set and, with two breaks, in the first and fifth games, took over the challenge, which It would end up closing in the fourth “set”, after two hours and 35 minutes on the London grass.
With 38 winners against 28 unforced errors, the number three in the world, holder of six Wimbledon titles, ensured his return, for the eighth time, to the final and a duel with the debutant Nick Kyrgios, who benefited from the loss of the Spanish Rafael Nadal. with an abdominal tear, to guarantee his presence, for the first time in his career, in the title clash of a Grand Slam tournament.
While Cameron Norrie wasted the opportunity to become the second Briton to play the decisive match at the All England Club, after Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic will play, at 35 years old, his 32nd major final and will fight for the 21st ‘major ‘ of his career, thus trying to get closer to the 22 trophies of Nadal, Grand Slam record holder.
Updated at 7:20 pm
Source: Observadora
