14 Jun 2009

Djokovic into Halle final

3:49 pm on 14 June 2009

World men's tennis number 4 Novak Djokovic has booked his place in the final of Halle's ATP grasscourt tournament in Germany with an error-strewn 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 win over qualifier Olivier Rochus.

Having blasted his way past Austria's Jurgen Melzer in Friday's quarter-final, Djokovic was far from assured in the semi-final against a player ranked 136th in the world, but finally won through to his second grasscourt final.

Djokovic will play Germany's Tommy Haas in tonight's final.

It will be the 31-year-old Haas's first final on the ATP Tour since Memphis in 2007.