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The trio, with 14 Wimbledon titles between them, have been in blistering form while players such as Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas -- younger men touted to end their hegemony at the majors -- went out with a whimper.
London: A vintage display by Roger Federer took him past Rafael Nadal into the Wimbledon final in an eagerly-anticipated first grasscourt duel between the great rivals for 11 years on Friday. The 40th career meeting between the golden duo with 38 Grand Slam titles between them, swung this way and
Djokovic started the Japan Open by taking part in a doubles game and switched to higher gears as the week progressed, never allowing his opponents, including world number 15 David Goffin, to pose a serious threat.
Players losing in the first round of qualifying at the year's first Grand Slam will take home A$20,000, up by a third from last year, while singles players who exit in the first round of the main draw will earn A$90,000, a jump of 20 per cent.
Nadal, an 18-times Grand Slam winner, will be bidding for his third title at Wimbledon, which kicks off on July 1, after winning the tournament in 2008 and 2010.
Thursday's victory over Zverev was a 26th consecutive one in Grand Slam action, and it will take a mammoth effort to end that run.
He will face either Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff or 13th seed Borna Coric of Croatia next.
Dominic Thiem was leading 3-1 in the third set on Friday when the semifinal was interrupted by rain and then surprisingly abandoned for the day.
The Serbian will face either Italian Fabio Fognini or German's Alexander Zverev in the last eight.
After dropping the second set, Djokovic immediately called for medical attention and sat courtside without his shirt on while the trainer massaged his shoulder.
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