Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal 6-1, 7-5 on Saturday to reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters and bring the Spaniard's 32-match unbeaten streak to a close down.
Serb Djokovic will meet Andy Murray in the final after the 21-year-old Briton defeated enormous Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the day's other semi-final.
Nadal, who is positioned to replace Roger Federer as world number one, was a shadow of the player who romped to the Wimbledon and French Open titles this year. He conceded before the match that he was struggling.
Australian Open champion Djokovic got inedible to a thriving start and broke Nadal's opening two serves to go 5-0 up before taking the first set in less than half an hour.
Nadal made a fight of it in the second; carving out a break point at 3-2, but Djokovic saved it with a fierce forehand.
Five games later Djokovic made the crucial break after a series of brilliant baseline meetings before closing out the match.
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