Italian Janik Siner, world number one, will play in the Roland Garros final for the first time in his career.
There, world number two, the current Paris clay court champion, Carlos Alcaraz, will be waiting for him.
This was exactly the epilogue expected on the eve of the semi-final duels, and Novak Djokovic's experience and championship genes could not come to the fore against the masterful Italian - 6:4, 7:5, 7:6, after more than three hours and 20 minutes of serious tennis at "Philippe Chatrier".
Djokovic was in the game in almost every set, especially in the first, and mostly in the third, when he missed three set points, which in these circumstances, against Siner, who is 15 years younger and so powerful, is a real feat in a nutshell.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion has never been a bigger outsider before a semifinal, and it was easy to see why, because for every one of his attempts, every reaction, every shot, and there were some great points - Siner had an answer.
And he was always one step ahead...
In the first set, when he took advantage of the first break point, in the second when he responded to Djokovic's unexpected break when he served for the set - with a rebreak, in the third when he saved three set points for the Serb at 5:4...
Djokovic, at the age of 39, has played his second Slam semifinal, after Melbourne in January, and his next chance will be at Wimbledon...
Siner, on the other hand, will fight against Alcaraz for his fourth Grand Slam title, and his first at Roland Garros.
The top two spectacle is scheduled for Sunday at 15 p.m.
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