Novak Djokovic blurs Roger Federer and goes to the Australian Open final

01/30/2020 – 12:07 | 12:23 – 01/30/20

  • The Serbian tennis player beat the Swiss 6-7, 4-6 and 3-6
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has won Roger Federer in three sets (6-7, 4-6, 3-6) and has made the pass to the Australian Open final, where he will try to revalidate the title won in 2019 and recover the world throne of the ATP. The Belgrade, from less to more, awaits rival in Sunday's commitment: the winner of the duel between Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem.

'Nole' continues to make it clear that in Melbourne it is where he is most comfortable and on Sunday he will look for the winner of this Friday's duel between Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem his eighth title, which would also entail snatching Rafa Nadal's number one.

That of Belgrade, which has never lost a final at the Rod Laver Arena and that to maintain its streak would add its eighteenth 'big', knew how to recover the brilliant start of a Federer who had planted in the penultimate round after several epic comebacks and with Doubts about your fitness.

This did not seem to be an obstacle when he started very 'plugged in' to get 4-1 on the scoreboard, the only time he gave the feeling of dominating Djokovic. He calmed down, settled his tennis and was able to equalize the disadvantage by snatching the Swiss with his serve with 5-4 down, and also making it blank.

The one in Basel managed to save the tie-breaker, but the current champion imposed his moment and despite the efforts of the veteran ex-number one in the world, he did not have real trouble again because he did not grant a loophole with his serve and offered a precise game and without mistakes. A break with 5-4 he gave the second set and one more in the third was insurmountable for Federer.