Novak Djokovic (Wikimedia Commons)
We now know who Rafael Nadal’s opponent will be in the men’s final at the Australian Open.
On Friday, top seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated the fourth seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 in a five set thriller semi-final that went four hours and fifty minutes to complete.
Yes, folks I watched the entire match, even though it started at 1:30am Mountain Time.
The second and third sets in particular were very high quality tennis, where it took over an hour to complete each set. I think a major turning point in the match came in the first game of the fourth set. After Murray won the third set tiebreak to take a 2-1 lead in sets, Djokovic broke Murray’s serve immediately and coasted over the next twenty minutes to tie the match at two sets each.
In the fifth set, it looked like Djokovic was cramping more than Murray, but the Scot was committing more unforced errors. Overall, Murray had 86 unforced errors to Djokovic’s 69.
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