Andy Murray lost his bid to reach a first French Open final as he was beaten in five sets by world number one Novak Djokovic.
The duo resumed their semi-final clash on Saturday lunchtime, after bad weather had halted play on Friday evening, with Djokovic leading two sets to one.
Murray went to claim the fourth set and appeared to be in the ascendancy, but Djokovic stepped up a gear in the decider to close out a 6-3 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-1 victory.
Djokovic, twice a beaten finalist at Roland Garros, will face Stan Wawrinka in Sunday's final.
"It was a very difficult match," said Djokovic, chasing a second successive Grand Slam, after his Australian Open triumph in January, and a ninth overall.
"I started well early on with good aggression and intensity but Andy found his confidence on the court.
"The first game of the fifth set was very important and after that I started to play much better."
It was a brave effort from Murray, considering the Serbian had not dropped a set in the tournament until their meeting.
But the Scot will be left wondering just what he has to do to beat his fellow 28-year-old, having now lost all eight of their encounters since the Wimbledon final in 2013.
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