Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 6, 2019. Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his quarterfinal match against Germany's Alexander Zverev. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
PARIS (Reuters) - Despite sending mighty serves crashing down from a great height, world number five Alexander Zverev could offer only momentary resistance to Novak Djokovic on Thursday, as the top seed barged into the French Open semi-finals in straight sets.
The 6ft 6ins (1.98m) tall German had served for the opening set at 5-4 before Djokovic simply clicked it up a notch to steal that set 7-5 before romping through the next two 6-2 6-2.
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