thanks to Annabelle and it's a gorgeous
day for what should be some
scintillating tennis here to
mouth-watering semi-finals I'm Simon
Reid alongside fruit Macmillan to take
you through this feels like a really big
occasion doesn't that provide the
expectation of course perhaps this year
Djokovic to win the major that has
eluded him how come the how can the
upstart Gulbis do he's played some the
fantastic tennis and gobis can he live
up to the expectations that his family
and his friends have all been like it's
a huge stage a huge day and the
phenomenal day weather-wise they so cool
this is showing how competent is because
the mostly when you win the toss of the
coin you receive he's gonna go straight
in and serve yeah well he believes
that's his best shot and why not start
using it but of course there is always
that chance that you can lose that
opening service game which in many ways
is naturally a false start on the other
hand if you lose it early it does give
you a chance of breaking back in the
match but surely this is d-day surely it
Djokovic is day
so much depends on how Gulbis handles
this 25 years of age but in many ways
younger than that he as you may have
heard earlier calls himself one of the
young guns and there's a feeling with
the years ranks 17 in the world but
he'll go top 10 even if he loses this
match so that's a huge achievement and a
measure of what he's done here this past
fortnight if he wins he goes 9 in the
world
he's on a nine match winning streak
having won in these also one in
Marseilles earlier this year he loves
France his confidence could not be
higher looking to win three straight
matches versus top 10 players at the
same event for the first time of his
life be the course Federer Berlocq I
couldn't be better for him at the moment
it couldn't no some say you know he
doesn't play his best against the best
players I've always had the feeling that
it's not a case of disrespect in his
part it's just that he feels he's a big
actor on a big stage and when it is a
big stage he can he can beat the top
players so I'm convinced that googas
goes on the court
feeling old he's beaten Djokovic once
before but lost four times but I'm
convinced as you can see there I'm
convinced that he goes on to court here
today feeling he can win strange win in
the first round against Lucas Chabad he
really struggled there then he beat the
Argentine qualifier Magnus Radek
Stepanek was pretty straightforward then
the federal match the one of his life
and then the quarter-final backing it up
against Burdick and he won it
comprehensively he did there was a
little bit of luck for him because
Federer should have had two sets to love
that might well have been the end of who
vs start here at the French but Federer
missed a pretty easy smash to give
himself two sets the oven gugus has
taken mean advantage
djokovic on a 10 match winning streak
looking for his 13th Grand Slam final
semi finals in Grand Slams he's won 12
of 21 winner of three titles this year
in Indian Wells Miami and Rome with rufa
Madrid because of the wrist injury
becomes here with those five wins on a
10 match winning streak and of course
the biggest doubt of all is that Roland
Garros is the only slam he hasn't won
looking to become the 8th man in history
to complete a full set of Grand Slams it
was so near last year for him it was yes
touching the net at a crucial stage
against Nadal I think was for two in the
first set I'm pretty sure he would have
won
had he not touched the net this is his
opportunity he's been my favorite really
since the word go wins against Joe Susur
of Portugal Jeremy shaadi and France
Marin Cilic dropped a set there Joe
Wilfred Tsonga he put him firmly in this
place
today the gallery's filling up all those
you can see in the corporate some work
to do ticket sold here it's a hot ticket
too it's a hot day temperature is
reckoned around 28 29 at some point
during the match today it's rising all
the time it's gonna be pretty hot
tomorrow
let me show you a super match of course
in prospect here head-to-head Djokovic
leads for one he's tended to win pretty
easily this is the new bill this foot
obviously built up huge but of
confidence in himself for these title
victories this year but more especially
with these passage through to the
semi-final well as confirmation of the
run through Nadal Murray of course will
be live here on British Eurosport later
on but this should be some match to
start
Gulbis his first Grand Slam semifinal
Djokovic is 22nd he's won 12 of the 21
so far confirmation the temperature
they're saying go up to 28 I've heard 29
even 30 suddenly a huge heat wave in
Europe and a buzz of expectation we know
what we're gonna get from Djokovic we're
not quite sure what we're gonna get from
gold this what we hope where we get the
best from him if he does win through
here and gets to the final to be
probably the worst looking for and in my
opinion it's ever reached the final of
the of the fringe it's the worst looking
for hand that's got into the semi-final
it's still an effective shot but it's
not pretty
well then the schoolbus is gonna find
out a lot today he's always thought of
himself as a top player he thought being
a top layer was easy he probably thought
he was better than he was today he's
gonna find out just how good he really
is and it's goodness who'll begin
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balance
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Wow
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yeah every time not good enough for Doug
rich
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so what's served so far they're all guns
you know where the other came misfiring
a little
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well play
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down
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really disappointing into that gun front
though this first man to the
quarter-final first man to the
semi-final let me have five men in the
top thousand that the second highest is
Anderson Jessica who's ranked 665
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but there may come a time by the uploads
of the for handball well one would hope
so
so call this has breakpoint to save now
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well he's no exactly running is he
Djokovic no wonder he shakes his head
how it LD miss that and again going
cross-court in the general rule is you
play those down the line unless there's
an opening and the opponent is following
the general rule
I want on top of it
yeah for the pound then listen to the
ovation from the crowd
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properly as the big server hasn't
arrived
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can the for now that's it down got a
forehead missed
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Wow
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when they pose for pictures at the start
of the match Gulbis quickly put his arm
around Djokovic and likewise in the Sur
but they haven't always been close
friends they've known each other a long
time this is quite about Djokovic used
to know him well but he's changed
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it's a very consistent regular sense
that forehand is a pain in the backside
right now for Gulbis
again it seemed unmissable he hasn't hit
his traps yet his new balls the serve he
needs a forehand oh well she had
something to say with the way the things
are struck then a very easy soda
standard Dominus
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a masterful shot the average Djokovic
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I know that have struggled on his
service games that that was mainly his
own fault of 30 in his first 15 40 in
his second
it's a really good about show ya parody
breaks around 60 records a year
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looked all right
is it yeah design so it's giving it a
second look me I'm fired called it
out I thought he had it
he's not brain he's not averse to it
mistake is Carlos Ramos he made a
mistake there and maybe he'll but sort
like Djokovic a little bit more after
that strongly decision from the umpire
set point
Jasper Lee from Djokovic what a way to
take the set up to 41 minutes can sue
several well Djokovic started the second
set and he ended the first with a bit of
wizardry
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cancer talk to cancer
Wow careful to cancer
Wow sure Djokovic
Kansas
home to the whole family
the third richest in that bit which is
not travelling for a lot right now if
that is a variety of internal sensor
multi-car hunter cancer
not that time
goddess canceled
all news ever no one was quite sure what
he'd come up with next
but he's trying to make himself
interesting he said at the top four
really say I got a spaceship once
blaring courtside they have the
temperature
Gazza here on to cancer and given that
it's the foundation very much the
foundation of his game that's the
appreciation of his opponent
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you said it for cancer doctor good
surfer deserve tauntaun
Wow
just a little gun home Haunter but again
he has been disappointing it breaks him
serve in the second set one was enough
for Djokovic in the first cancer cancer
that has been his most successful solve
the one out wide from the Jews scored
213 down the middle care home to cancer
looks like a character out of the
Musketeers isn't it Wow a bottle that's
to try and break the Djokovic serve
gasps ouzo
all to zero
come on 2-0 should djokovic fierce civil
cancer it's the first objective he needs
a shot away
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it is out and again Dobis wins this
little mini battle and the cross courts
Djokovic just too and that flies in the
face of lucky but it's what's happened
to counter
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dancers Oh almost reckless that
attempted just a massive return only one
the three points in the Djokovic server
and the set
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Walter cancer forth rat gladness from
your service
but he's increased a truck can hold the
counter so how does that stretch from
Djokovic this car haunted something why
would he play a shot like that
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so Clarice not played the big points
well but that was a terrific required
see how high it got you just can't allow
that for dodging Djokovic
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one more for Hannah and gigantic ship
rhythms is to the second set
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can you see anyway thank you it all
sorts of commemorations aren't in
gasps this is so way short of his best
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like an arrow to its mouth
caramel to Thomas
well Eddie is real off the cord it means
that extra time Kansas hello
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canta canta canta ponds we need more of
that from the big Latvia
well that was totally unexpected
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turns out talking about you're forcing
about balance
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come together
this doesn't play is one of the
stretches the great survey said is so
important to gave us he was coming in
after that
services casa
oh come together oh yes
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like this
very frustrating
what was he doing katha came up to me
and said you have to watch this young
player and I did and it was gorebyss who
seemed a real talent come together
Jocasta
cancer
must've just Ethel I thought it was just
outside at the Djokovic taking no
prisoners calm to them now home to
reserve
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Carroll together
Wow
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slamming the door shot
again he's played the big boys so much
better than his opponent
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as he took to try and swing into the
forehand on the second serve he doesn't
often do that
we'll play now that the biggest point of
the match
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crowd loved it
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but the crowd had joined in a lot more
than Djokovic oh hey sir what this match
to come alive even ball it's almost a
bit of relaxation from Djokovic perhaps
the easiest and just trying to get a
little too much angle
maybe just long
that is rare surely has to win it
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let-let's for their service
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see
what again Djokovic going cross-court
with the drop shot yes such as out there
of a Davis
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again he looks up at the Sun getting
blinded by it made it and maybe the
match changes there
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there's rabbits other guys
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you're missed hits inside some of those
serves which makes it even heavier if
you do happen to get to them as a
returner
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do you see the pendulum moving forward
well it obviously has been adjusted so
much can he keep up this phenomenal
backhand display Gulbis a little
unlikely
Djokovic so much more comfortable
serving this end remember the last time
you service and they got four aces that
count again really of good serving but
mainly fantastic backhands
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get in the back hand okay the forehead
long took and far from okay Gulbis
looking a lot more relaxed the showman
and him is coming out now car honking
cancer can't wind you in the back it
seems directors pick that up and then
there was a look at got the present as
if he really was in a bit of pain
doesn't call for the trainer though
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countertops
oh yes Sh no the bombs are coming down
the line first percentage points one
from gorebyss on the first survey t2
Djokovic his first episode it's dropping
particularly because of that last
service game this serving this end
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Casa
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cansu tanta here again look at the
punishing himself from the back here but
still
Djokovic goes to the backhand
counter top of it Djokovic men Joseph
very just is he looking for excuses
Djokovic back to sunny side up and seems
like he's always serving with it cancer
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cancer but you scored as well
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what close it goes of course he always
does cancer count again it fails to do
it on the forehand spider and his racket
is a distinctly second hand it'll get a
warning for that
Novak Djokovic absolutely disgusted with
himself he thought for a moment and then
let rip anyhow out a warning Kansas if
Joshua
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well I thought Djokovic his reaction was
way over the top of course it's a sucker
to his opponent who's been feeling his
back I would think Djokovic is unaware
of that it's got to get his act together
here right enough tennis around the
world to be able to deal on times of the
Sun he was giving it cancer
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call to them
go home to zero Oh Djokovic dancers ever
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come to 0
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home to civil
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sure Goldie's cap doesn't really give
him much shade as he looks up
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Casa
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but surely even if that was the initial
detectives that they played five times
but that's it's 2011 surffisher
appreciated here can zhuzh
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home to cancer
doesn't seem to have been feeling his
back as much as he was earlier because
he's in a happier position
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this
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