I know that.”ĭjokovic moved comfortably on the grass in the opening games of the match and the defending champion moved 4-1 up, but Sinner – buoyed by the cheers of “Andiamo” and, of course, his own determination and talent – began to find his natural game and he battled his way into the match. Every victory from now onwards is a big deal for him. “Playing here in Wimbledon on Centre Court semi-finals of a slam in his country, of course I know what to expect, you know, in terms of the crowd support,” Djokovic said. Some may argue that the status quo prevails in the men’s game but Djokovic did look fallible and given how young Sinner is and the fight he put up, this is surely a positive sign for a player in his first Wimbledon quarter-final and another name to add to the list of young male grand slam challengers of the future.ĭjokovic was frank in his assessment of both how he will be received by a partisan crowd when he takes on Norrie and the gulf in experience that exists between the world No 3 and No 12. Djokovic did not look himself as he missed multiple drop shots in those two sets, but he maintained his habit of being a master of the marathon as he set up a semi-final with Britain’s Cameron Norrie. It may have been five years since the Serb has been defeated at Wimbledon and he has stretched his winning streak to 26 with this quarter-final victory, but it was not made easy for the six-time champion as he lost the two opening sets to the 20-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner.

This incredible win also meant Djokovic pulled back a two-set deficit for the seventh time in a grand-slam match. Only once out of 11 five-setters at the All England Club has he been a loser and that was back in 2006 to Mario Ancic. Novak Djokovic is a man made for five-set tennis. Djokovic calls for Wimbledon to start showcourt matches earlier after late finish .Why Djokovic looks unbeatable on grass as he chases Sampras, Borg and Federer record.

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