Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Berdych: Score and Reaction from 2016 French Open

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic cruised into the 2016 French Open semifinals Thursday with a routine 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 quarterfinal victory over seventh-seed Tomas Berdych at Roland Garros. 

With the win, the 11-time Grand Slam champion reached his 30th career Grand Slam semifinal and came one step closer to finally completing the career slam.

Berdych entered the tilt on a 10-match losing streak to Djoker, having lost nine consecutive sets to him. As seen in this graphic courtesy of We Are Tennis, every stat pointed toward the world No. 1 advancing:

Djokovic vs Berdych quarter is about to start! Novak leads 23 wins to 2 over Tomas. Who will reach the semis? #RG16 pic.twitter.com/QTV9ZQmy4U

— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) June 2, 2016

Things were fairly even in the early going as Nole and Berdych traded holds of serve, but as pointed out by Live Tennis, the Czech’s aggressive nature was potentially setting him up for failure:

#Berdych going for his shots, but missing too many. 2-2.The longer he takes, the less likely he’ll break… pic.twitter.com/lbH2r3Deeh

— Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 2, 2016

That came to pass when Djokovic scored the first break of the match at 3-3 in the first set, which seemed to open the floodgates, as it was all Djoker from that point forward in the opening set.

Djokovic held serve and closed out the set by breaking Berdych once again, as he moved his opponent all over the court by virtue of his spectacular shot placement, as seen in this video of set point via Roland Garros on Twitter:

? 1er set pour Djokovic vs Berdych 6/3 #RG16 https://t.co/tZ585yMqfX

— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2016

Momentum was firmly on the Serb’s side after the manner in which the first set ended, and he continued to roll early in the second by winning each of the first three games.

SI.com’s Carole Bouchard believed at the time that Nole was displaying his best form of the tournament:

From 3-3, it’s the best Djokovic I’ve seen since the start of the tournament.

— Carole Bouchard (@carole_bouchard) June 2, 2016 …

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