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 | Djokovic qualified for the semifinals2-08-2012 |
No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic (Serbia) qualified for the semifinals of the Olympic tennis tournament.
Djokovic defeat No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) with 6:1, 7:5 in 80 minutes.
The Serb lost only one game in the first set that lasted 32 minutes.
In the second set Tsonga lead with 3:0, but Djokovic equalized.
Followed by several consecutive games in which both won their submissions before the number 2 in the world to make a decisive breakthrough in the 11th game for 6:5.
The Serb finished with 22 winning hits against 17 of your opponent.
Djokovic will meet in the semifinals No. 3 Andy Murray (Britain), who beat Nicolas Almagro (Spain) with 6:4, 6:1.