Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer

     World number 1 showed he was every part worthy of that title with a ruthless performance against world number 3 Roger Federer.  Djokovic eased past the former world number 1 with a 6-4 7-5 6-3 victory.  
     The Swiss-Maestro stayed true to being one of the strongest starters on the atp world tour, taking the first step and breaking Djokovic's serve in the fifth game of the first set. However the early lead was not to the Serb's liking as he immediately broke back to cut short Federer's delight and get back on level pegging.  Federer then made several forehand errors which the world number 1 capitalised upon to pile on the pressure and allowed him to close out the first set.
     Yet again, Federer started the second set slightly stronger, immediately stepping up to dominate the Serb to gain a double break. It was hard to ignore how disinterested the Serb seemed at break point at 4-2 in the second set in terms of trying to salvage the service games he had lost.  However, despite appearing very passive in the early stages of this second set, Djokovic proved he was worthy of the world number one spot and managed to retrieve both his breaks of serve to bring the second set level before he was able to gain another break of serve to clinch the second set and lead the world number 3 2 sets to 0.
     With such a strong lead, Djokovic- who is chasing his first French Open title and fourth consecutive grand slam title- had all the momentum in his favour as his winner count increased and Federer's unforced errors count continued to sky rocket. The Serb was able to break the former number one in the sixth game of the third set, and shortly after won the match with a service winner to secure himself a spot in his first Roland Garros final, against world number 2 and 6 time French Open champion, Rafael Nadal, who eased past compatriot David Ferrer earlier in the day.
     The match did not live up to its expectations, where critics, fans and professionals alike were expecting an epic battle between two tennis legends.  The match lasted only 20 minutes longer than the previous semi final, at 2 hours, 5 minutes.  I think it is fair to say that in the end both matches today failed to deliver the battles expected.  Let's just hope that the historic match-up on Sunday proves differently.  Do you think Djokovic can do it?