{"id":22490,"date":"2013-09-08T14:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T12:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/djokovic-and-nadal-through-to-us-open-final\/"},"modified":"2013-09-08T14:15:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T12:15:26","slug":"djokovic-and-nadal-through-to-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/djokovic-and-nadal-through-to-us-open-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic and Nadal through to US Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=15938\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15938  \" alt=\"Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Richard Gasquet of France in their men's semi-final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York. Photo: Mike Segar \/ Reuters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f16c9_USO152_TENNIS_OPEN.JPG-G7QIT4SB.1-600x337.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Richard Gasquet of France in their men\u2019s semi-final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York. Photo: Mike Segar \/ Reuters<\/p>\n<p>The game that will be talked about for years and years needed 198 strokes, 30 points, and 21 minutes to decide. Entire sets have taken less.<\/p>\n<p>It might be easy to conclude that Novak Djokovic won his tense, topsy-turvy US Open semi-final against Stanislas Wawrinka despite dropping that epic third game of the fifth set.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that the 2011 champion emerged with a 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory in 4 hours, 9 minutes on Saturday at least in part because of the one that got away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I lost that game, I felt like, \u2018OK, he\u2019s getting a little bit more tired, and maybe this is my chance to step in.\u2019\u201d Djokovic said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I (did).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/djokovic-powers-past-youzhny-at-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">The No. 1-seeded Djokovic<\/a> will play No. 2 Rafael Nadal on Monday. It\u2019s their record 37th match against each other, their sixth Grand Slam final, and their third meeting for the championship at Flushing Meadows since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal was a 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-2 winner over No. 8 Richard Gasquet of France in Saturday\u2019s second semifinal, which was far less competitive than the first.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the tennis and theatrics at 1-all in the last set alone of Djokovic-Wawrinka were so compelling that the game was interrupted twice by standing ovations. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more US Open news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f16c9_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Richard Gasquet of France in their men\u2019s semi-final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York. Photo: Mike Segar \/ Reuters The game that will be talked about for years and years needed 198 strokes, 30 points, and 21 minutes to decide. 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