Djokovic: fall of Fed can serve up a new era

NOVAK DJOKOVIC may have heralded a major turning point in men’s tennis after dismissing word number one Roger Federer in straight sets in the Australian Open semi-final in the early hours yesterday morning.

Just like Rafael Nadal in his straight-sets defeat to unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the day before, Federer was outclassed in a manner which suggests the pair’s duopoly could be over.

Yesterday Djokovic showed why he has been touted as the player most likely to end the three-year dominance by Federer of Switzerland and Spain’s number two-ranked Nadal.