Sinner and Djokovic to Meet in Wimbledon Semifinals

Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will meet in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday. Sinner is the defending champion and top seed. Djokovic has won the tournament seven times.

Path to the Semifinals Six weeks earlier, both players were eliminated in the second and third rounds of the French Open. Sinner lost to Juan Manuel Cerundolo. Djokovic was defeated by Joao Fonseca. After several weeks without competition, both players arrived at Wimbledon without recent grass-court matches.

Sinner advanced through the draw without dropping a set after his first-round match. Djokovic also reached the semifinals.

Sinner won his opening-round match in five sets against Miomir Kecmanovic despite a toenail injury. He later defeated Shintaro Mochizuki and Jan-Lennard Struff in the quarterfinals. Struff said he had chances to win a set but lost in a tiebreak. Sinner trained in hotter conditions during the break before Wimbledon.

Temperatures reached the high 80s during his quarterfinal, but he completed the match in just over two and a half hours.