Novak Djokovic has reached an eighth Australian Open final with a straight-set win over Roger Federer.
Switzerland's Roger Federer, right, congratulates Serbia's Novak Djokovic on winning their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- Novak Djokovic was wondering, right along with everyone else, what sort of shape Roger Federer would be in for their Australian Open semifinal.
The No. 2-seeded Djokovic will try to collect a record-extending eighth Australian Open title in Sunday's final against No. 5 Dominic Thiem or No. 7 Alexander Zverev.In the women's final Saturday, it'll be two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza of Spain against 21-year-old Sofia Kenin of the United States. It's Kenin's debut in a Grand Slam title match."I managed to dig my way back," Djokovic said. "It was very important to win that first set.
Almost from the moment his wild quarterfinal ended Tuesday after he'd saved seven match points and eked past Tennys Sandgren in five sets, speculation swirled about how well Federer would recover. Might the muscle issue force him to pull out of the tournament? Did he practice Wednesday? If not, why not?He's never handed an opponent a walkover across more than 400 Grand Slam matches, never retired from any of his more than 1,500 career tour-level matches.
If his three aces and six total winners didn't provide a suitable answer, maybe his break in the next game to lead 2-0 did.After Djokovic got out of that love-40 hole to hold, he found himself in a similar spot. Federer was up 5-2 and love-30 on Djokovic's serve -- two points from owning the set -- yet got tripped up again.
At the break, Federer took a medical timeout and went off court with a trainer, like he did against Sandgren, while Djokovic stayed on the sideline while he, too, got checked out.
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