No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-2 6-3 in the semifinals of the ATP 1000 Miami Open men's singles, approaching his first win of the season.
Djokovic, who followed right after breaking in the opening game, won four games at 2-2, securing the first set. In the second game of the second set, he held on to a broken lead and won the game in an hour and 10 minutes.
Djokovic, who won the ATP Masters 1000 level competition, which began in 1990, along with Andre Agacy of the U.S., six times (2007, 2011-2012 and 2014-2016), also set a record of advancing to the final at 37 years and 10 months, the oldest.
In addition, Djokovic, who has been reigning at the top of the world for a long time, reached the final of the tour at least once for 20 consecutive seasons (2006-2025), tying Roger Federer of Switzerland's longest record (2000-2019).
"As for my tennis, service was definitely the highlight of the game," Djokovic said in an on-court interview.
"I remember the first serve probability was 83 percent in the last round. I thought it was difficult to get above that, but today it was 87%. The service is going really well, so I hope this continues."
Djokovic will face 19-year-old Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic), who beat No. 3 seed Taylor Fritz (USA) 7-6 (4) 4-67-6 (4) in his 60th Masters final.
They met once in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters last October, and Djokovic won 2-1. If Djokovic wins, he will reach the 100th victory in the Tour Level (including the Paris Olympics).
Djokovic, who aimed to continue to reach the top 100 after 99 wins on the tour at the Paris Olympics, said, "I'll do my best 메이저사이트. I haven't missed a set (in this tournament), and I'm playing really good tennis, which is called the best recently."