“Respect to Roger Federer, he was clearly injured,” says Novak Djokovic after semi-final win

Novak Djokovic has paid tribute to Roger Federer after beating him at the Australian Open. Djokovic beat Federer 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 in their semifinal, but afterwards, admitted the Swiss star was “obviously injured”. The Serb has now beaten Federer in 10 of their last 12 matches. “It could have definitely gone a different way. He started off really well, I was pretty nervous at the beginning,” Djokovic said on-court. “Respect to Roger for coming out tonight, he was obviously hurt and wasn’t close to his best in terms of movement. “It was not the right mindset from me at the beginning of the match, I was looking at how he was moving rather than executing my shots. I managed to dig my way back and it was very important to win that first set.” Djokovic will face either Alexander Zverev or Dominic Thiem in Sunday’s final. Source-tennishead

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