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TENNIS – Novak Djokovic beat Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 to snap his Olympic semi-final jinx yesterday and set up a blockbuster battle against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz for the Paris Games men’s singles tennis gold.
The 37-year-old Serb had lost his three previous Olympic singles semi-finals but was in no mood to suffer more heartache as he came through a high-quality contest at Roland Garros.
Earlier on Court Philippe Chatrier, the 21-year-old Alcaraz thrashed Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 6-1.
Djokovic’s only Olympic medal is a bronze from Beijing 2008 after losing to Rafa Nadal in the semi-final. He lost to Andy Murray in the 2012 semi-final in London and in Tokyo it was Alexander Zverev who blocked his path.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek earned some consolation for her surprise women’s singles semi-final defeat on Thursday as she easily beat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2 6-1 for bronze.
Swiatek’s conqueror Zheng Qinwen of China plays Croatia’s Donna Vekic in the women’s gold medal match today.
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