{"id":84005,"date":"2016-09-10T00:14:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/?p=84005"},"modified":"2016-09-11T22:25:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T20:25:29","slug":"nole-into-his-seventh-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-into-his-seventh-us-open-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole into his seventh US Open final!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Novak is through to his seventh final in New York!<\/p>\n

Defending champion Novak Djokovic continued his pursuit of a 13th Grand Slam title, third at Flushing Meadows, when he beat Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in two hours and 32 minutes on Friday under tough conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the win, Nole extended his dominance over the Frenchman. The Serbian now leads their ATP Head2Head series 13-0.<\/p>\n

On one of the hottest and most humid days of the US Open<\/a> so far, Novak started strong, mounting a 5-0 lead in just 16 minutes. Monfils closed to 3-5 and was two points from getting back on serve when the top seed held to claim the first set.<\/p>\n

Djokovic broke twice in the second set and was up a break in the third, but the Paris native responded with two breaks and served it out.<\/p>\n

In the fourth set, Novak and Gael had exchanged breaks before the world no.1 converted two more chances to book place in his 21st major final (12-8 record).<\/p>\n

“The conditions were different from most of the days during the tournament but it was the same for both players. We expected it, heard it would be warm and humid,”<\/strong> said Novak in post-match on-court interview. “At times in the tense moments we had exchanges from the baseline. Gael had a great tournament, he is one of the best athletes on tour, very entertaining to watch. I hope you all enjoyed our battle today.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/u>: aces (1-11), double faults (7-11), winners (26-36), unforced errors (27-52), total points won (121-96).<\/p>\n

The 2011 and 2015 US Open<\/a> titlist will take on no.3 seed Stan Wawrinka (19-4 H2H) in Sunday\u2019s final (16:00 local time \/ 22:00 CET). The Swiss outplayed 2014 runner-up and sixth seed Kei Nishikori (JPN) in four sets 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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