Novak Djokovic advances to Rogers Cup final

August 14, 2011 07:31 am | Updated August 20, 2016 03:38 am IST - MONTREAL

Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in his third round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in his third round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic advanced to the Rogers Cup final when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired from their semifinal match Saturday night because of an apparent right arm injury.

Djokovic led 6-4, 3-0 when the Frenchman retired.

Djokovic, the Rogers Cup winner in 2007, is seeking his ninth tournament win of the year and his record fifth of the season in an ATP Masters event.

He’ll face sixth-seeded Mardy Fish in the final. The American defeated unseeded Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

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