UPDATE 1-Tennis-Federer to meet Djokovic in Cincinnati final

Novak Djokovic overcame a battling Marin Cilic 6-4 3-6 6-3 to reach his sixth Cincinnati Masters final on Saturday while Roger Federer enjoyed a less-taxing route to the title match after his semi-final opponent David Goffin retired with a shoulder injury.

Federer had taken the first set 7-6(3) and it was 1-1 in the second when Goffin called it a night.

While Djokovic, who has lost all five of his previous Cincinnati finals, was not at his best in a match that stretched for two hours and 32 minutes the Serb came through on the big points.

"It's been a rollercoaster week with matches, interruptions, and rain delays and everything," Djokovic said.

"I managed to win the last three matches in the third set. Very few points decided a winner and I just managed to pull through."

After dropping the second set, Djokovic broke to go 3-1 up in the decider before complaining to the chair umpire about music that was audible from outside center court.

It seemed to break Djokovic's concentration as he immediately went down 0-40 on serve before digging his way back to deuce, only to lose the game with a weak second serve into the net.

However, Djokovic broke back in the eighth game before serving out clinically to secure a victory.

"I didn't like that music in the first few games of the third set," he said, adding that he planned to watch the Federer-Goffin semi-final on television.

"Of course, I'll watch, from my bed or bath," he said.

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