Djokovic and Del Potro break new ground with longest semi


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 06 Jul 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro will set a record for the longest semi-final ever played at Wimbledon as their enthralling clash entered a fifth set and a fifth hour on Friday.

Djokovic took the first set 7-5, lost the next 4-6, took the third on a tiebreak before eighth-seeded Del Potro saved two match points before winning the fourth set tiebreak.

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