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Novak Djokovic: Croat or Serb – It’s the same thing

Novak Nole Djokovic upsets Federer in Canada Djokovic had not beaten Federer in their four previous meetings Novak Djokovic produced a fantastic performance to beat top seed Roger Federer and win the Montreal Masters. Djokovic had never beaten Federer but overcame the world number one 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 7-6 (7-2) in a thrilling match. The Serb saved six set points in the first set and took it on a tie-break only for defending champion Federer to storm back and level the match. Federer cancelled out Djokovic’s early break in the decider but was no match for the 20-year-old in the tie-break. Novak Djokovic Roger Federer Tennis Serbs Masters Rafael Nadal Croat Goran Ivanisevic Serbia Croatia Montreal serb srbija beograd belgrade umag mario ancic ivan ljubicic ivo karlovic ana ivanovic viktor troicki borna bikic janko tipsarevic serbian croatian srbin srb serb hrvat croats ivan lendl boris becker slobodan boba zivojinovic jelena jankovic dokic pete sampras john mcenroe stefan edberg serbian srbija hrvatska hrvato srbi srpska peking 2008 bronza beijing olipmpijske igre james blake rafael nadal bronze broncana medalja milorad cavic felps majkl michael phelps butterfly delfin 100m swimming srebrna srebrena silver medal plivanje

Andy Murray qualified for Semis at Indian Wells

At Indian Wells Andy Murray reached the last four with an excellent brilliant battling 7-5 7-6 (8-6) wining over Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic. In the match neither player detected their beat, though the Briton started fine when he terminated in the beginning game.

Ivan Ljubicic broke back in the sixth but Miss a step and fall on his serve in the eleventh with Murray going on to obtain the set. Both players showed marvelous performance and made each other’s service broke in the second set of games. But at the time when it came to the tie-break, both players have to face a tough challenge; Andy Murray determined and contained his nerve to seal a tough win.

Now Murray will face also Roger Federer or Fernando Verdasco in the last four at Indian Wells.

In a shortly speech the 21 years old Murray prescribed “I thought I did well, at the end of each set I began to make further returns. I did very well in the tie-break at the end. He further said “I didn’t serve big the entire time but on the second serve didn’t offer any opportunities away; I bounced back fine and well each time I got broken, so I was happy with that.”

It appeared that Murray who just played fifty minutes in the last round before his opponent Tommy Robredo retired injured, would walk the match against Ljubicic, who had taken part in a three-hour marathon against Igor Andreev the previous day.

In both players’ performances the wind played a big role and the crowds at Indian Wells were not treated to a hard-court classic partly as a consequence of the situation. For the British number one the things began good, who went 2-0 up after having broken the Croat in the first game.

When Murray played a lot of badly judged drop shots into the net Ljubicic broke back in the sixth. But Murray again beat the 30 year old in the 11th and held serve to take the first set 7-5. It was all mundane stuff in the second set until the ninth game when at deuce; Murray challenged the umpire who had called the shot out and called a shot in. The Hawk-Eye repeat backed Murray to the anger of Ljubicic. The Croat went on misplace his service game.

Murray said “The reason I challenged was because he appeared like he was going to hit it; then the call came, and he still hit the ball over,”. I thought maybe he thought it was going out. But I couldn’t see, because of the ATP sign at the side of the court.

Though, the Croat established himself and broke Murray’s serve in the next. But in the tie-break, the Scot came out on top with a Ljubicic unforced error from the baseline giving him the conquest.