![]() ![]() "Matches are not getting easier, but my level of tennis is getting better and better and and I've done that so many times in my career," Djokovic said. "The way he's played today, this week and last couple months, it's been amazing," Nishikori said.Īs it's been for months, it seems that Djokovic, who has not dropped a set in the tournament, is getting better match by match - so much so that it looks like he's hardly being tested. Khachanov beat Ugo Humbert of France 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 and Carreno Busta defeated second-seeded Daniil Medvedev of ROC 6-2, 7-6 (5).ĭjokovic, who has already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon this year, needs the Tokyo Games title and the US Open trophy to become the first man to achieve the Golden Slam. The other semifinal will feature Karen Khachanov of ROC against Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain. In the women's tournament, 12th-ranked Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic will meet in the gold-medal match.īencic beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3 and Vondrousova - who eliminated Naomi Osaka in the third round - defeated fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3, 6-1.ĭjokovic - who is in his third Olympic semifinal but has never made it to the gold-medal match - will next face either Alexander Zverev of Germany or Jeremy Chardy of France. The dominant performance advanced Djokovic into the medal rounds and - more importantly - moved him one step closer to finishing off this segment of his Golden Slam bid. "I thought I was playing OK but my serving was bad today and he was attacking every. "He was defending amazing today - everything deep - and I was trying to stay with him but I couldn't," Nishikori said. The top-ranked Serb never gave Nishikori a chance in a 6-2, 6-0 rout of the home favorite from Japan to reach the semifinals of the tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. TOKYO - Kei Nishikori thought he was playing well.
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