Tennis

Djokovic sets up Nadal semi

Novak Djokovic dug into his vast reserves of willpower to outlast Marcos Baghdatis and reach his first Wimbledon semi-final on Friday.

The Serbian fourth seed won 7-6 7-6 6-7 4-6 7-5 after five hours of riveting action on Court One.

Baghdatis produced a remarkable comeback after losing the first two sets on tiebreaks then trailing 3-0 in the third.

Djokovic looked exhausted in the fifth but stayed neck and neck with his Cypriot opponent and made the vital breakthrough at 5-5.

He then summoned all his energy to serve out the match and set up a reprise of his French Open semi-final against Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal, a match Nadal won on his way to the title.

 
Novak Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal in the French Open semis
Novak Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal in the French Open semis
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