The Tennis world ranking lists-the First from Serbia is the main opponent of Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open. In the semi-finals to Novak Djokovic with the French outsider Lucas Pouille short process.
It was a unique affair, the second semi-final of the Australian Open in the Rod Laver Arena of Melbourne. Novak Djokovic needed just 83 minutes to make it to the Showdown of the Tennis giants the perfect. The world ranking first from Serbia outclassed the pitiful Frenchman Lucas Pouille values in the semi-finals with 6:0, 6:2 and 6:2 and was followed by his equally outstanding rival Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open on Sunday (9.30 PM CET).
“I would definitely buy Tickets for that,” joked Djokovic after his demonstration of power in Melbourne. The 31-Year-old attacks against the Spaniard after his seventh title, he would ascend to become the sole record champion in Melbourne. Nadal had already reached a day earlier, for the fifth Time in the final of the Grand Slam season opener, he knew of the 6:2, 6:4 and 6:0 against the Greek young star Stefanos Tsitsipas no mercy.
Demonstration of the strength
Djokovic was presented as dominant as his long-time rival 24 hours in advance. Only in his first service game, the favourites had problems, then he sped in just 23 minutes through the first set. Pouille knew in his first Grand Slam semi-final, barely, what had happened to him and also seemed nervous. The 24-year-old protege of the previous world ranking list Amélie Mauresmo made with a double fault on his serve gave Djokovic in the first comparison of the two otherwise too many points.
Lucas Pouille: determined, but ultimately’t stand a chance
1:1 in the second set, the world was ranked 31. after the first good actions in his first game. With a pleasant 25 degrees – almost 20 fewer than at lunch time – scoreline Djokovic from the baseline, but virtually error-free and profited in the 3:1 from the nearest double-fault of Pouille. The pace of excellent premium and precision balls circulating Djokovic just stayed too high. After his elbow surgery and a long break in the previous year, regained the Wimbledon and US Open Champion division as the task of victory against the Japanese Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals. Thus, the a day break, Nadal before the final, not likely to fall into the weight.
In the third passage clenched Djokovic, the fist after the Break to 3:1, and uttered a cry – it was practically the decision. A little later Djokovic made the collection in be 24. Grand-Slam final, perfect.
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The clear victory of the Serbs over Pouille was the announcement of a fight to Nadal, this year in Melbourne Park without losing a set. Djokovic was, as yet, a little less confidently, but also unthreatened by the tournament rustled. In the semi-finals he demonstrated that he does not want to leave the favorite role lightly Nadal.
“This was definitely one of the best Matches I have ever played on this Court. Everything has for me today,” said Djokovic. All five unforced errors Djokovic had won the Australian Open always ran when he was once fallen into the semi-finals. The last of his six titles he won in 2016. He currently leads the record lists in Melbourne, together with the Swiss Roger Federer and Australian Roy Emerson.
Nadal has only a title “Down Under” to book: in 2009, the Mallorcan won, he then suffered three final defeats. One of them is entered in the history books. In 2012, Nadal and Djokovic in 5:53 hours were, before the Serb with 5:7, 6:4, 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), 7:won 5 . Not a single final of the Grand Slam history, which lasted the longer, the Marathon Match, however, was only one of many epic clash of the Superstars of the meeting. In the balance sheet, Djokovic is 27:25 Victories, just in the lead, no other duel in the history of professional tennis more often.
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