Djokovic, Del Potro in semi-final clash

Novak Djokovic will face Juan Martin del Potro in the Wimbledon semi-finals after the world number one clinched his 13th consecutive Grand Slam last-four spot with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Tomas Berdych on Wednesday.

Djokovic is yet to drop a set in his five matches at this year's tournament and the 2011 champion is now just two wins away from lifting the All England Club trophy for the second time.

Del Potro beat Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) after surviving a nasty fall in the opening game, which left the Argentine eighth seed needing several minutes of treatment on a left knee already heavily bandaged.

Also going through was Jerzy Janowicz, the 24th seed, who defeated compatriot Lukasz Kubot 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 to become Poland's first male Grand Slam semi-finalist He will play either third seeded Andy Murray or unseeded Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco. Berdych had beaten Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2010, but that was one of just two wins for the Czech seventh seed in their 15 meetings.

The losing streak always looked likely to continue once Djokovic took a tight first set in the tie-break.

AFP