{"id":89992,"date":"2017-06-29T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/?p=89992"},"modified":"2017-06-29T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:11:58","slug":"nole-reaches-eastbourne-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-reaches-eastbourne-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole reaches Eastbourne semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No.1 seed Novak Djokovic recorded his 26th match win of the season on Thursday at the Aegon International<\/a> in Eastbourne.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Belgrade native advanced with a 6-2, 7-6 (9) victory over American Donald Young in one hour and 35 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first set was an exhibition of high-class grass-court tennis. Djokovic broke twice to take it 6-2. The second set was a much tighter affair. Young made a break in the ninth game and had a set point, but Novak promptly broke back, and after saving another set point in the tie-break, the Serb took it 11-9 on his fourth match point to secure his passage to the last four.<\/p>\n

“It was a great first set and after that I had opportunities to break serve in the second and I didn’t use them, he broke my serve at 4-4 and had set points. It was a close second set and could have gone either way. I am glad I overcame the challenge – it is exactly what I was looking for,”<\/strong> said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/u>: aces (7-5), double faults (3-3), winners (18-17), unforced errors (15-25) total points won (80-63).<\/p>\n

Novak, who is competing at his first grass-court tournament prior to Wimbledon since 2010, will next meet Daniil Medvedev (H2H 1-0). <\/strong>The Russian defeated fourth seed and defending champion Steve Johnson in three sets.
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Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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