Barclays ATP World Tour Finals<\/a> semis with a 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory over no.6 seed Tomas Berdych in 1 hour and 37 minutes in his final Group A round robin match at the O2 Arena on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 25-year-old Serbian star, who is now 11-1 against the Czech, improved to a 73-12 match record on the season.<\/p>\n
Novak powered through the opening set, losing just five points on serve. He broke Berdych twice for 6-2 in 34 minutes.<\/p>\n
Players exchanged breaks in the second set which was decided in a tie-breaker. Nole came back from 1-5 down, and fended off three set points before earning and converting his first match point opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying not to think about all the qualification scenarios, just focused on trying to win the game,”<\/strong>\u00a0Djokovic said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve won all three group matches which is a great confidence boost for semi-finals.”<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/span>: aces (7-3), double faults (0-1), winners (30-18), unforced errors (23-25), total points won (70-56).<\/p>\nNole tops Group A with a 3-0 record. No.3 seed Andy Murray is also through to semis.<\/p>\n
Djokovic has earned 600 ATP points so far.\u00a0Semi-final win brings 400 points, and win in the finals is worth 500 additional points. Undefeated champion can earn 1500 points in total.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe top-seeded Belgrade native now has a day off before Sunday’s semi-final. He\u00a0will\u00a0play runner-up in Group B, no.6 seed Juan Martin Del Potro. Novak leads their career H2H record 6-2.<\/p>\n
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