Novak Djokovic reached the final of Wimbledon for the 8th time, also broke Federer’s record
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London, 8 July: Novak Djokovic has reached the final of Wimbledon. He defeated world No. 9 player Cam Norie 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the semi-final match. Djokovic, who had lost the first set, won the subsequent three consecutive sets to seal his place in the final, where he will face Nick Kyrgios. Nick Kyrgios has got a ticket to the final without playing the semi-final match as legend Rafael Nadal was ruled out of the competition due to injury. Verna Nadal also reached the semi-finals.
This will be Djokovic’s 8th Wimbledon final. With this, the player has reached the Grand Slam final for the record 32nd time and has broken Roger Federer’s record of reaching 31 times.
Djokovic made a brilliant comeback in the second set after losing the first set 2-6. After winning the first game, although he lost the second game, he continued to face tough competition from the opposition. But Nori could not come back after winning 3 games and Djokovic won the set 6-3.
Djokovic was in full swing in the third set and won it 6-2. Djokovic won the first two games of the fourth set, Nori returned in the third game but the fourth game again went to Djokovic’s court.
Nori was not one to give up easily and made the third game of the fourth set in his court to make the score 4-3. After this both the players won the game 1-1. But Djokovic didn’t give Nori a chance to advance to the next set and went on to another Wimbledon final where he would be a strong contender for the title in Nadal’s absence.
Story first published: Friday, July 8, 2022, 22:31 [IST]
