{"id":167653,"date":"2024-07-12T21:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=167653"},"modified":"2024-07-12T21:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:53:24","slug":"nole-beats-musetti-to-set-up-final-against-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-beats-musetti-to-set-up-final-against-alcaraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole beats Musetti to set up final against Alcaraz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Novak Djokovic is one win away from winning record-equaling eighth Wimbledon title after clinching a 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Lorenzo Musetti to reach Sunday&#8217;s final. <\/strong>The second seed wrapped up a straight set win in two hours and 48 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Novak broke in the very first game to take the lead. He failed to convert on serve at 5-3, but then broke Musetti for 6-4 instead. In the second set that went to a tie-break, the Italian won just two points, and Djokovic took the momentum into the third set, again breaking in the first game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I have said it many times. Wimbledon has been a childhood dream for me &#8211; to play it and to win it. It is worth repeating I was a seven-year-old boy watching the bombs fly over my head and dreaming of being on the most important court in the world which is here in Wimbledon,&#8221;<\/strong> said Novak. <strong>&#8220;I try not to take it for granted every time I find myself on this unique court. Obviously during the match it is business time and I try out play my opponent. I am satisfied and pleased, but I don\u2019t want to stop here \u2013 hopefully I get my hands on the trophy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Match statistics: aces (6-2), double faults (4-1), winners (34-34), unforced errors (31-22), total points won (116-98).<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Sunday, July 14, we will see second straight final at The All England Club between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defending champion Alcaraz booked his spot in the final with a 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Daniil Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>Novak leads the Spaniard 3-2 in the pair\u2019s ATP H2H series.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak set up a blockbuster rematch of last year\u2019s final following a 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":167649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101010469,101012193,101010433,101011449,101013406],"class_list":["post-167653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-grand-slam-en-2","tag-london-en","tag-semifinal-en","tag-the-championships-en","tag-wimbledon-2024-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167653"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167660,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167653\/revisions\/167660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}