{"id":62712,"date":"2014-10-11T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=62712"},"modified":"2014-10-16T00:33:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T22:33:11","slug":"novak-falls-in-shanghai-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-falls-in-shanghai-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak falls in Shanghai semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World no.1 and two-time Shanghai Rolex Masters<\/a> defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered semi-final exit at the ATP Masters 1000 event on Saturday, after falling to no.3 seed Roger Federer 4-6, 4-6 in 1 hour and 35 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pair met for the 36th time, with Federer now leading their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 19-17. Roger will face world no.29 Gilles Simon in Sunday’s final. The Frenchman beat Feliciano Lopez in straight sets earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Djokovic had come into his semi-final match riding a 28-match winning streak in China, but could not figure out a way to get past Federer. He was broken in the fifth game of the first set. The Swiss went on to win it 6-4.<\/p>\n

Roger broke again in the opening game of the second set and maintained the lead. Novak saved two match points on his serve before Federer served out the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I did not play too bad,\u201d<\/strong> said Djokovic. \u201cIt’s just that he played everything he wanted to play. He played an amazing match.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/span>: aces (5-8), double faults (0-1), winners (31-35), unforced errors (24-23), total points won (69-80).<\/p>\n

Novak was looking to reach his 30th ATP Masters 1000 final and his 69th overall. The 27-year-old Belgrade native was also chasing his third Shanghai Rolex Masters title after racing to victory in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n

Nole’s next stop is the BNP Paribas Masters<\/a> in Paris where he won titles in 2009 and 2013. In the last year\u2019s final, he came back from a break down in both sets to beat David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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