Semifinal at Roland Garros: Djokovic defeats Tsitsipas in 5 sets – sport

• Novak Djokovic (ATP 1) is in the final at Roland Garros.
• The Serbian fights against Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 6) after a 2-0 lead in 5 sets with 6: 3, 6: 2, 5: 7, 4: 6, 6: 1.
• In the final there is a dream duel with Rafael Nadal (ATP 2), who beat Diego Schwartzman in 3 sets.

At 6: 3, 6: 2, 5: 4 (40:30), the semifinal in Paris between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas looked decided. Serbian world number one Djokovic had his first match point on his own serve. But far from it: Stefanos Tsitsipas defended himself against this, managed the rebreak at the last moment and was still able to win the third round.

And suddenly the momentum was on Tsitsipas’s side. The 22-year-old Greek forced Djokovic on defense and was successful. Far behind the baseline, the “Djoker” could no longer play as usual and missed 10 break opportunities in the 4th set. Tsitsipas, on the other hand, was suddenly efficient and forced his Serbian opponent to make a deciding set.

At this, Tsitsipas strength rapidly diminished. The winner of the 2019 ATP Finals could no longer resist his blows and the liveliness was gone: Djokovic was back in the game. In no time at all, the 33-year-old made the decision with two breaks. At 22:33 hours and after 3:54 hours of play, Djokovic’s entry to the final was safe.

The world’s number 1 starts out dominant

The Serbian world number one played convincingly in the first two sentences. Tsitsipas had his chances, but Djokovic won all the deciding points. In total, Tsitsipas missed 7 breakballs in this phase of the game. After that, however, Djokovic sneaked into the weak minutes and had to go around in 5 sentences.

You can follow the final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on Sunday starting at 3:15 pm live on the SRF information and on the SRF Sport app.