U.S. Open Men semifinal: Djokovic joins Murray in the final

Novak Djokovic will attempt to defend his title at the U.S. Open final on Monday to face Andy Murray hopes to finally win a final Grand Slam tournament after four attempts. gentlemen play the final on a Monday for the fifth consecutive because of bad weather that forced organizers to postpone saturday the end of the semifinal between Djokovic (N. 2) and David Ferrer (N.4). Ferrer was used for the gain of the first set (5-2) when the game was interrupted to allow the evacuation of the site of Flushing Meadows because of thunderstorms rapidly approaching and threatening to form tornadoes. Returning the short Sunday under bright sunshine, Serbian 25s was another player and easily supplanted the Spanish, who at 30 years, may be seen to spend his last chance reach the final of a Grand Slam. Revenge of Melbourne If Murray had beaten Djokovic in London in the semifinals of the Olympic Games, tennis aficionados will especially remember their last meeting in Grand Slam semi-finals end Dante January at the Australian Open, won in five sets and nearly five hours the Serbian. "There will not be a clear favorite," says Djokovic, who has a favorable balance of 8 wins against 6 losses on Scot. "Andy is looking for his first Grand Slam title, I'm sure he will be very motivated and I hope that we will produce great tennis." Murray (N.3) was able to watch it all on TV SINCE he qualified on Saturday for his second U.S. Open final in dominant Czech Tomas Berdych (N.6), despite a strong swirling wind announcing the bad weather. But the day of rest should not weigh Murray very heavily in the balance in the final given the easy route of Serbia during the fortnight. Djokovic spent less than eleven hours on court in total, conceding a single set in the tournament, while Murray was forced to play a little more 17 hours of play and go through three wins in four sets. Serbia's could therefore not be more tired of the two. Murray remembers that in 2008, when his first final at the U.S. Open and the first Grand Slam, it was he who had to finish his semi-final on Sunday and the day after the final chain while his opponent - Federer had won his ticket, on Saturday, before the passage of a tropical storm. Murray was the beautiful "That I was perhaps a little penalized remembers he his defeat in three sets. But Novak is very experienced, I'm sure he will handle it better than I had done at the time (when he was 21 years, ed.) " Another disturbing fact for Murray: in his career, Djokovic n ' has never lost against a player ranked lower than him at the U.S. Open. Since 2006, it has in fact inclined to face seeded No.1 or No.2. This year, he is himself N.1 and N.2, Roger Federer, has disappeared in the quarterfinals ... The Scottish Dunblane nevertheless hopes to punctuate his beauty beautiful summer that saw reach - and losing to Federer, the Wimbledon final and then take revenge on the Swiss on the same turf in London a few weeks after winning home the gold medal of the Olympics.