Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic says ‘Of course, I will watch it’ about ‘epic rivalry' Federer-Nadal semifinal as he awaits the winner after beating Roberto Bautista Agut

vak Djokovic watched his Wimbledon semifinal opponent's shot hit net tape, pop in air and slide over for a winner that tied things at a set apiece. 

Centre Court spectators stood and cheered, perhaps thinking Roberto Bautista Agut was rey to keep this one tight, after all. Walking to his changeover chair, Djokovic dded and waved his racket, n his right hand, at crowd, sarcastically encouraging folks to get louder, as if to say, "Yeah, good for him and good for you. Enjoy it while you can." 

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Soon eugh, defending champion was bellowing and shaking his fist after putting away an overhe to go up a break in third set. Moments later, he was ending a 45-stroke baseline exchange — longest on record at Wimbledon, where such stats date to 2006 — with a backhand winner to save a break point. Djokovic eventually overcame Bautista Agut 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Friday to reach his sixth final at All England Club. 

"I h to dig deep," Djokovic said. 

In Sunday's final, he will seek a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th Grand Slam trophy overall when he faces eir Roger Federer or Rafael Nal. 

Those two great rivals were scheduled to face each or later Friday in ir first meeting at Wimbledon since epic 2008 final won by Nal, 9-7 in fifth set as darkness descended. 

"Of course I will watch it," Djokovic said of day's second semifinal. "My coaches will probably see whole match. I'll definitely see parts of it. I'm a fan of that matchup, as well. Federer-Nal is one of most epic rivalries of all time. So it's fantastic to see m play today." 

opening semifinal was played under a cloudy sky and with a breeze that topped 10 mph, occasionally boring . 1-seeded Djokovic. 

It was his 36th career appearance in final four at a major tournament — and debut in that round for Bautista Agut, who was seeded 23rd. 

Even he didn't really expect his visit to All England Club to last this long: Spaniard was supposed to meet a half-dozen of his buddies on island of Ibiza this weekend for his bachelor party. Inste, those pals were sitting in a guest box at Centre Court on Friday. 

"He was t really overwhelmed, so to say, with stium and with occasion. He played really well," Djokovic said. "First set, he was still probably managing his nerves and he me some uncharacteristic unforced errors. But later on, at beginning of second, he established himself." 

After a flat forehand return winner off a 107 mph serve on very first point, Bautista Agut certainly did lose his way for a bit. Djokovic won 14 of next 18 points while pulling out to a 3-0 le — and he didn't need to produce much magic to do so. Just one of those initial 14 points came via his own winner; 10 resulted from Bautista Agut's unforced errors. 

But second set saw a shift. Djokovic stopped his until-n successful tactic of offering some variety and heing to net when he could. His forehand also became problematic, while Bautista Agut couldn't seem to miss a shot. 

Bautista Agut alrey beat Djokovic twice earlier this season. Could he do it again? 

, largely because Djokovic rediscovered his best abilities. He came up bigger in longest points, eventually holding a 29-17 edge when y lasted at least 10 strokes. 

Once his volley winner found net tape and trickled over to cap third set — turnabout was fair play, in this instance, after way previous set ended — outcome seemed inevitable. Djokovic broke to le 2-1 in fourth, and again for 4-1, n needed a handful of match points to seal victory. 

Wher he faces second-seeded Federer or third-seeded Nal next, it will be 22nd Grand Slam final involving two members of Big Three, and seventh at Wimbledon. 

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One of that trio will be champion at an 11th consecutive major tournament and for 54th time in past 65.