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Djokovic against Del Potro in a battle for a place in the final4-07-2013 |
Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro will compete in the semifinals of the Open tennis tournament in Britain, having qualified for the Top 4 of the tournament.
World number one Djokovic reached his 13th consecutive semifinal in a Grand Slam tournament after defeating seventh in the main draw Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic with 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-3. Djokovic, who was champion in London in 2011, will compete for a place on Sunday's final with the eighth in the scheme Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
Del Potro played with pain and needed medical treatment after falling badly in the first game of the match from the quarter-finals against David Ferrer. The Argentinean doctor called after stretched in an attempt to reflect the impact of the Spaniard in 40:15 in their favor.
Initially it seemed that received an ankle injury, but then it became clear that the problem is the knee of the left leg, which had already been bandaged because of another injury. Ultimately, del Potro received medical care and the match with David Ferrer, winning the match with 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5).
Fernando Verdasco will argue with Andy Murray and Lukasz Kubot with Jerzy Janovic in the other two quarterfinal of "Wimbledon."