Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet
won their respective semifinal matches on Saturday at the $2.649 million
Rogers Cup tennis event.
The former world No. 1 Serbian star Djokovic beat countryman Janko Tipsarevic,
the No. 5 seed, 6-4, 6-1 in a match that started late because of rain.
The two Serbian players finally took the court at Toronto's Rexall Centre
following a lengthy rain delay. But after playing just five games, rain forced
the players to the locker room.
The reigning Australian Open and U.S. Open champion Djokovic had no problems
putting away Gasquet when play resumed. Djokovic is a two-time Rogers Cup
titlist, including a victory over American Mardy Fish in last year's finale in
Montreal, as this event shifts between Montreal and Toronto each year.
Djokovic will meet Gasquet in the final after the 14th-seeded Frenchman
upended eighth-seeded American John Isner 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
Djokovic heads into Sunday's final with a 6-1 record against Gasquet and has
won all four meetings since losing to the Frenchman at the 2007 Tennis Masters
Cup in China.
This sixth of nine ATP Masters events will pay its newest champion $522,550.
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