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Djokovic beats Federer to reach the Final and face Nadal

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer at the end their semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Rafael Nadal of Spain.

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets on Saturday (Sunday, PHL time) and will play Rafael Nadal in the Rome Masters final for the second year in a row.Defending champion Djokovic ended Federer's hopes of back-to-back claycourt titles with a gutsy 6-2, 7-6 victory over the Swiss.Five-time Rome champion Nadal wore down fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6, 6-0 to reach his 70th career final.In their first meeting since last year's U.S. Open semifinal, which Djokovic won, the Serb broke twice to win the first set.Dominating the baseline rallies, top seed Djokovic constantly forced Federer on to the back foot and an errant forehand handed him the break for 4-3 in the second.Suddenly Federer became more aggressive and began to vary his game and when he saved a match point at 5-4 before breaking back, he was back in the match.But Djokovic regained his poise just in time to clinch the tiebreak 7-4 when Federer sent a backhand long."That was my best claycourt match of the year," Djokovic told reporters."I expected him to be aggressive but I stayed close to the baseline and I felt good all the way through."Federer said he was feeling tired having won the title in Madrid last weekend but admitted he had been outplayed."I thought he played very, very well," he said. "He's not the number one in the world for no reason."I had a couple of chances in the second set but couldn't take them."But I would have taken my results from these two weeks, so I am very happy going into Paris."GRUELING SET In the first semifinal, Nadal made it 12 wins in a row on clay against Ferrer in a match in which a grueling first set lasted 86 minutes.Sixth seed Ferrer had the better of it early on and led 3-1 but Nadal fought straight back and after taking the tiebreak 8-6, he ran away with the second."At the start of the match, David was playing unbelievably," Nadal said. “My thought was that the best news for me would probably to be level at 3-3."After the first six, seven games then it was more equal because before that he was playing better than me."Nadal said he had not played as well as he did in beating Czech Tomas Berdych in the previous round, but used his mental strength to get through."I was very happy with how I was mentally, because I stayed focused all the time," he said.Nadal, who will go back above Federer to the No. 2 spot if he wins, said he would need to be at his very best if he is to take the title."If I play my best clay-court tennis then hopefully I will have my chances," he said.It will be an important match to close the claycourt season before Roland Garros with perfect feelings."Djokovic said playing Nadal on clay is still “the ultimate challenge" but said he believed he had the game to win again."Before last year, I had never won against him on clay but I won in Madrid and here, so I know I can do it."Djokovic downs Federer to set up Nadal final.

Chelsea's Historic win Over Bayern Munich In the Champions League Final.

Chelsea Crowned as European Champions.

Chelsea Have Beated the Germans Giants Bayern Munich On Penalties 4-3 As Didier Drogba Fired the Last Penalty .In The Beggining Of this Finale The score Remained 0-0 Till Half-time. Robben,Gomez Missed Big Chances But The Blue army Defend stood strong and Brave. Bayern's Created the Most Opportunities With Having Above 50% Possession. After The Half's, Bayern Looked The Same way As Before the Half. Chelsea Defended And Bayern Attacked. Chelsea Did Kept Defense Tight But couldn't Last Long as Kroos Crossed The ball And The Header was scored by Muller. Bayern Celebrated as they are champions But there was still twist in a Tale as Chelsea Got their Corner In 88th Minute Just after Muller scored ,after 5 Min. Mata Who Took The Corner And Drogba Headed Into the Net touching Neur's Hand And Going Into Right net side. 3 minutes were added And the Whistle was blown Of Full-Time. It was Extra Time Of 30 Minutes with Players Having Craps and Hamstrings in their Legs specially Bayern Munich's Player. Chelsea were Very Fresh and Cool. Frank Ribery Got Injured as he Got Craps In his legs was Substituted With Van Buyten.After The First Half-Extra Time It was Dead-Locked Match still 1-1Five minutes into extra time Drogba gave Bayern the perfect chance to go back in front when he clipped the heels of Ribery in the area to concede a penalty but Petr Cech came to his side’s rescue with a superb stop to keep out Robben’s penalty. . The 2nd Period of Extra Time Begin With Players Tired . Chelsea Defended Just Like Italians And Bayern Attacked Like Spain.Substitute Ivica Olic had his head in his hands in the second period of extra time as he prodded a volley agonizingly wide of the post with Cech helpless.As The Whistle was Blown It was Time For Penalties. The night still seemed to be heading Bayern’s way when they moved 3-1 ahead in the penalty shootout after Juan Mata missed Chelsea’s first spot kick but Olic missed for Bayern and when Schweinsteiger struck the post the stage was left for Ivorian Drogba to write his name into Chelsea folkore.