A left shoulder injury knocked out Novak Djokovic. During the US Open, before the look of the New York grandstand, the Serb had to go home abruptly to treat an injury that he threatened to take away until 2020. But Tokyo has seen Nole return. And not only physically. The Serbian will play his fourth final of the season in the Japanese capital, four months after he defeated Federer over the Wimbledon garden. He will face the Australian John Millman and can be a good push in the face of the big events that are still to be played. Namely: Masters 1000 Shanghai and Paris, Masters Cup and Davis Cup.
The Serbian, who participates for the first time in the Tokyo event, got rid of the Belgian Goffin, champion in 2017 and who ranks 15th this week, 6-3 and 6-4. in one hour and 29 minutes.
On the way to the final, Djokovic has also left the Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the gutter, the Japanese Go Soeda and the Australian Alexei Popyrin , and has not given up a single set on his way to the final.
For his part, Millman, who currently occupies the 80th position in the world, broke up in the first semifinal of the American Reilly Opelka , 53 in the ATP, also in two sets, in this case 6-3 and 7-6 (4) , and for the first time reached a final of a tournament of this category
Millman is completing an excellent tournament in which he has eliminated in the previous rounds other rivals who occupy positions higher than his own, such as the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (43 of the world), which he won in thirty-last round.
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