Serbia's Novak Djokovic was defeated by Tomas Berdych, 3-6, 6-7 (9-11), 3-6, in the Wimbledon semifinals.
Novak Djokovic
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In the first set, Berdych broke to go 4-2 up and did not look back, sealing the set 6-3.
Djokovic raised his game in the second set and forced a tiebreak.
Berdych established a 6-2 lead. However, Djokovic saved all four set points. The Czech landed the big serves and was rewarded with a two set lead when Djokovic double-faulted to hand Berdych the breaker 11-9.
In the third set, serving at 4-3 down, the Serb double-faulted twice to gift Berdych the break and he promptly served out the match to reach his first Grand Slam final.