Djokovic wins five-hour battle against Baghdatis

LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) Novak Djokovic dug into his vast reserves of willpower to outlast Marcos Baghdatis and reach his first Wimbledon semi-final today.

The Serbian fourth seed won 7-6 7-6 6-7 4-6 7-5 after five hours of riveting action on Court One.

Baghdatis produced a remarkable comeback after losing the first two sets on tiebreaks then trailing 3-0 in the third.

Djokovic looked exhausted in the fifth but stayed neck and neck with his Cypriot opponent and made the vital breakthrough at 5-5.

He then summoned all his energy to serve out the match and set up a reprise of his French Open semi-final against Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal, a match Nadal won on his way to the title.

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