Wimbledon Semi-Finals: Djokovic Defeats Tsonga To Move Into His Maiden Wimbledon Finals

Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets 7-6 6-2 6-7 6-3 to book his place in the Wimbledon finals for the first time. 

Tsonga was not the player that people saw against Federer. He broke Djokovic in the very first service game and had chance to serve out the set at 5-4. The moment he failed to serve out the first set, his game deteriorated and Djokovic gained momentum. Tsonga was no where in the tie breaker or in the second set. His serves were not crisp. The unforced errors were mounting. There was little power in his shots. All the positives of his game that were seen against Federer were missing. Djokovic was giving acute angles which were being sent into tram lines by Tsonga. The body language said it all. He was nonplussed. His bag of weaponry was misplaced somewhere or displaced out of London by Djokovic. He does not carry plan B. Will there be a last hurrah from him in the third set. He was two sets to love down against Federer too after all.

Nothing of that sort happened. The despondency continued. Frustration did not set in since he was not defeating himself. It was Djokovic who was defeating him. Service break in the third game of the set at love meant that every thing was over for him. Crowd was desperately looking for something to cheer about, but nothing came. There was little contest. Perhaps Tsonga had decided to let the audience conserve their vocal chords for the second semi-final. But then he changed his mind. In the eighth game, he earned triple break point through sheer aggression and broke Djokovic to come to level terms. But then he broke himself in the eleventh game failing to control aggression. Djokovic could not serve out the match due to sudden bout of aggression by Tsonga. The crowd now had something to give vent to their desires. After a bit of drama, Tsonga rode the cheers of the crowd to save match points and take the tie break 11-9.

Stung by the reverse, Djokovic broke Tsonga at love in his very first service game to take 2-0 lead in the fourth set. Tsonga was serving double faults at the rate of one per game now, but he managed to register himself on the fourth set score board 1-3. With no further breaks of serve, Djokovic reached 5-3 to serve out the match. He did not falter and took the set 6-3.

The new number one player of the world will bid for his first Wimbledon title on Sunday against the winner of the second semi-final.