Musetti without a chance
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The dream final at the Olympic tennis tournament is perfect! Novak Djokovic defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6:4, 6:2 on Friday evening - and will now fight Carlos Alcaraz for the gold medal on Sunday.
The tennis dream final between Djokovic and Alcaraz will take place at the Olympic Games in France. The top-seeded Serb and 24-time Grand Slam tournament winner kept his hopes of his maiden gold alive with a 6:4, 6:2 semi-final victory over the Italian Musetti. Wimbledon and French Open champion Alcaraz dispatched the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6:1,6:1 and can thus continue to crown his great summer.
Here are the statistics for the match:
Regardless of their performance in the final, both players are assured of their best Olympic result. Djokovic had only won bronze in Beijing in 2008, when he reached the final for the first time after losing three semi-finals. Gold or silver is the medal premiere for Alcaraz. On Sunday, the top players will battle it out in a rematch of the Wimbledon final to see who succeeds Alexander Zverev. Both will set an age record. At 21 years and 91 days, world number three Alcaraz is the youngest finalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988, while Djokovic is the oldest at 37 years and 74 days.
"It was an enormously intense match"
"It was an enormously intense match, with lots of emotions and stress," Djokovic summed up. He was very nervous because he was determined to overcome the penultimate hurdle. "I am thrilled. Of course I want to win gold, but it's already a huge result for me," said the Serb.
Despite knee problems
Djokovic, who had a problem with his right knee, only won the first evenly-matched set after just over an hour. The veteran secured the break to win the set in an unusual manner with five points in a row. Musetti was 5:4 and 40:0 up at 5:5.
The top seed then failed at the start of the second set. Djokovic received warnings in his first two service games, conceded the break twice and argued with the umpire. However, Djokovic always equalized promptly after losing his serve and then pulled away unstoppably to win after 1:50 hours. Alcaraz, on the other hand, only needed a total of 75 minutes.
Olympic gold is the one major title that Djokovic still lacks in his collection of successes. Three years ago in Tokyo, he was beaten in the semi-finals by eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev.
Men's singles
Semifinals:
Novak Djokovic (SRB-1) - Lorenzo Musetti (ITA-11) 6:4,6:2
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP-2) - Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN-13) 6:1,6:1
Final (Sunday):
Djokovic - Alcaraz
Women's singles
Match for 3rd place:
Iga Swiatek (POL-1) - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6:2,6:1
Mixed - Final:
Katerina Siniakova/Tomas Machac (CZE) - Wang Xinyu/Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 6:2,5:7,10:8
Match for 3rd place:
Gabriela Dabrowski/Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) - Demi Schuurs/Wesley Koolhof (NED) 6:3,7:6(2)
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