Djokovic drops Korda in delayed Miami win

Novak Djokovic made up for lost time as the surging Serb stopped Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to make a delayed appearance in the semi-finals of the MIami Masters.

The quarter-finals had been scheduled for the day before but was caught out by wet Florida weather and postponed.

The 37-year-old Djoovic is now two wins away from winning his 100th career Tour title and would join the 1000 club alongside Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer should he obtain another personal record here on Sunday.

He moved into a semi with good friend and longtime rival Grigor Dimitrov.

Djokovic will be playing his 79th Masters 1000 semi and his eighth here after advancing in 91 minutes over Korda; he has not stopped a set so far.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion said his serving saw him through in a tough second set fightback.

“I feel as good as possible about my serving today. I really needed it in the second set. He was making me run and playing well from the back of the court,” Djokovic said.

“He didn’t have so many errors like in the first. It took goodo serving to get myself out of trouble.”

The six-time tournament winner raced through the opening set in less than half an hour, sweeping the last 12 points to claim it on the first of three set points.

The one-way traffic was halted in the second, with Korda breaking but losing that edge as Djokovic got it back to trail 5-4 after falling to 2-5.

Djokovic denied Korda in the 12th game of the set as the American stood two point from levelling the sets,

Djokovic ran away with the second-set tiebreaker and sealed victory with his 11th ace.

Main photo:- Novak Djokovic celebrates in Miami – by ISF Ltd