Published Fri, Jul 02 10 08:38 PM
Tomas Berdych became the first Czech to reach the men's final at Wimbledon since Ivan Lendl in 1987 after a 6-3 7-6 6-3 victory over Serbia's Novak Djokovic on Friday.
The 12th seed reached his first grand slam final with a murderous display of hitting from the back of the court against the third seed, who received a code violation for racket abuse after a show of frustration when losing the second set.
Berdych took the opener in 33 minutes with a single break and served for the second at 6-5, but Djokovic revived his chances with a break of his own to take it to a tiebreak.
Djokovic's hopes of a comeback were effectively dashed when he double-faulted to lose the tiebreak 11-9 after Berdych had let slip a 6-2 lead.
The Czech will play Spain's Rafa Nadal or Briton Andy Murray in Sunday's final.
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