{"id":41717,"date":"2018-05-19T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/05\/19\/rafael-nadal-v-novak-djokovic-italian-open-semi-final-live\/"},"modified":"2018-05-19T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T13:53:56","slug":"rafael-nadal-v-novak-djokovic-italian-open-semi-final-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=41717","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic: Italian Open semi-final \u2013\u00a0live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game-by-game updates as old rivals meet again in RomeNadal recovers to see off Fognini | Sign up for The RecapEmail Ben or tweet @benfisherj with your thoughts 2.52pm BST First set: Nadal* 5-2 Djokovic (*denotes server): Breathtaking tennis, irresistible stuff brings Djokovic to 0-30 and the crowd up on their feet. A swirling backhand, a couple of Nadal saves, an amazing get, but then Djokovic comes up with another wondrous effort. A ridiculous rally. And yet Nadal recovers to take the game \u2013 truly magnificent from the Spaniard. 2.47pm BST First set: Nadal 4-2 Djokovic* (*denotes server): Nadal strokes a beautiful forehand up the line and then Djokovic\u2019s attempt to cut one short is flawed as it ripples the net. Just as Nadal looks to seize control at 30-0, Djokovic comes up trumps with a bending, dipping forehand and then another stunning winner, an arcing backhand. His next forehand is wide but he snatches a brilliant rally to pull him to deuce; two geniuses are at work. But, eventually, Nadal punishes Djokovic\u2019s long shot to take it. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2018\/may\/19\/rafael-nadal-v-novak-djokovic-italian-open-semi-final-live\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic: Italian Open semi-final \u2013\u00a0live!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game-by-game updates as old rivals meet again in RomeNadal recovers to see off Fognini | Sign up for The RecapEmail Ben or tweet @benfisherj with your thoughts 2.52pm BST First set: Nadal* 5-2 Djokovic (*denotes server): Breathtaking tennis, irresistible stuff brings Djokovic to 0-30 and the crowd up on their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}