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 | Djokovic and Murray will play the final in Cincinnati21-08-2011 |
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will play the final of the tennis tournament of the Masters Series in Cincinnati (USA) with a prize of 2,590,000 dollars. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won the first set in the semi-final against Tomas Berdych 7-5, then dropped the Czech Republic's participation in the match after injuring his shoulder.
Withdrawal of Berdych disappoint the audience in Ohio and increase range of Serb in 2011 to 57 wins and 1 loss. Czech athlete receives unpleasant injury during the quarterfinal match in Cincinnati against Roger Federer.
Novak Djokovic, seeded first in the main draw, won his last 32 matches on hard surfaces. Serbian is the favorite to win the U.S. Open, which starts on 28 August.
In the other semifinal in Cincinnati Briton Murray won a dramatic representative of the hosts 6-3 Mardy Fish 7-6 (8).
24-year-old Scot, number 4 in the scheme of the tournament in Ohio, tries to triumph in the eighth title of the Masters Series tournament. In 2008, Murray won in Cincinnati.
Andy Murray has made a breakthrough in the fourth game of the first set and then took his submission by taking 4-1.
The second part of Murray and Fish exchanged for a breakthrough to reach a tiebreak, in which a 4-2 American lead, but allowed Murray to achieve two consecutive points to even the score and then achieve a full turnaround.