Internazionali BNL d\u2019Italia<\/a> in as many years.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe night session match at Centrale lasted one hour and 35 minutes.<\/p>\n
After losing the opening set, the 2008 and 2011 champion came back strongly to take the second and third sets and improve his H2H record with the German to 4-1.<\/p>\n
Novak won 78% of his first service points and broke six times from 10 opportunities. Kohlschreiber converted three of his four break point chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn’t have many matches on clay, still trying to find the rhythm. Philipp is a great quality opponent. He’s a clay-court specialist. He troubled me a lot, especially in the first set, but I managed to regroup and play the second and third the way I wanted,\u201d<\/strong> said Djokovic.<\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/span>: aces (2-2), double faults (1-0), winners (25-21), unforced errors (24-23), total points won (82-60).<\/p>\nNovak will take on no.5 seed David Ferrer for a place in the last four (Friday at 16:00 CET).<\/strong> The Spaniard defeated Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\nIt will be the 17th career encounter between the two, Djokovic leads 11-5. The 26-year-old Belgrade native won their last five meetings. Ferrer has a better W\/L record on clay, 3-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven’t played on clay for a long time. I look forward to that, it’s a big challenge for me, to see where my game is,\u201d <\/strong>Novak added.
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