AUGUST 11, 2013
Novak Djokovic
World number one Novak Djokovic secured a semi-final with Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
Djokovic required only 52 minutes to eliminate the world number nine and called his performance “as close to perfection as you can be really”.
Nadal, who leads Djokovic 20-15 in previous meetings, beat Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic 6-2 6-4.
Canadians Vasek Pospisil and Milos Raonic meet in the other semi-final.
Nadal beat Djokovic 9-7 in the fifth set of an epic French Open semi-final lasting more than four-and-a-half hours in Paris two months ago.
Their last 11 meetings have been in finals, four of which were on hard courts similar to those in Montreal, and they were all won by Djokovic.
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