Djokovic's pragmatism is enough to beat Norrie and reach his eighth final in London

It seems that

, who already has 27 consecutive wins at Wimbledon and this Sunday will seek his seventh title in the tournament and twenty-first Grand Slam against

, has acquired a dangerous degree of confidence in a competition where he has not lost for a lustrum.

In the semifinals, against

, he had to feel again with the score against him to take flight and win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4, in two hours and 34 minutes.

Already absent

, who could not play the other semifinal due to the abdominal injury suffered against

in the quarterfinals, it is difficult to argue with him as the clear favorite to lift the cup.

When he hit two backhands at the net and sent a long forehand to put the Briton on a silver platter in the first game of the match, in which Djokovic had the initiative to serve, the crowd erupted with enthusiasm.

An apparently unbalanced semifinal, between a debutant in this round of a major and a winner of 20

, could be more open if Norrie, persevering like few others, managed to capitalize on the erratic character in

's behavior , nervous, passive, little identifiable during a good stretch of the duel.

"I didn't start well. He was better in the first set. It's not easy to get on court. He had nothing to lose despite the pressure of playing in front of his fans," he said later.

"It was the hottest day of the tournament. I was lucky to break to go up 5-3 in the second set."

It is not normal for him to lose three service turns in a set, as he did in the first.

Also frustrated by the difficulty of overwhelming a player without big shots but solvent, who served well in the first two sets, Djokovic was slow to certify the break that allowed him to equalize a set.

A warrior

Ninth seed, Norrie, winner of four titles, the heaviest, Indian Wells, last year, sneaked into the final with the credit of a warrior capable of coming out on top in two matches where the five sets were consumed.

He did it in the second round against the Spanish

and repeated in the quarterfinals against

, date in which he finished in tears, moved by the support of the fans.

Djokovic also came from a great battle against

, who forced him to subscribe a desperate reaction after winning the first two partials.

Diesel again at the start, he was not in such a hurry against a Norrie whose imposing physical condition was losing support in the precision of the blows.

Once he lost the second set, the task was easy for Djokovic, who, without having to offer a great performance, escaped early in the third and fourth sets and ruled the match without major setbacks.

Against Kyrgios, possessor of overflowing talent, it is likely that he will need something more if he wants to win his first major since

in the final of this same tournament a year ago.

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