Nole is thru to his first Olympic ultimate!
World no.2 Novak Djokovic defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 to succeed in the ultimate on the Paris Olympics.
The Serbian star produced a high-quality show on Courtroom Philippe Chatrier, the identical stadium the place he gained Roland Garros in 2016, 2021 and 2023.
The Belgrade native earned a decisive break at 5-4 within the first set to seize a lead. The 2 had traded breaks twice within the second set, earlier than Novak discovered his rhythm and broke twice extra to seal the win.
Djokovic is assured career-best Olympic end result. His earlier greatest Olympics end result was a bronze medal on the 2008 Beijing video games.
“I’ve been ready for this for nearly 20 years,” Nole stated. “I’ve performed 4 Olympic video games, that is my fifth and I’ve by no means handed semi-finals. I misplaced three semi-finals in my first 4 Olympic video games. I managed to beat this large hurdle. I should be sincere and say that I used to be fascinated by all of the semi-finals that I misplaced. I performed in opposition to a participant who’s in nice type and actually got here out firing from each ends. I simply tried to keep up the main target and do what I’ve to do.”
Match statistics: aces (3-0), double faults (1-2), winners (18-12), unforced errors (23-27), complete factors gained (68-52).
Novak will conflict in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s showdown for gold.
The Spaniard raced previous Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1.
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