Favorite Novak Djokovic lost the opening set of his match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but he reacted to defeat Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3 and reach the semifinals of the tournament.
The seventh-seeded Rublev took the first set but was unable to do anything for the remainder of the match as Djokovic kept his campaign for a fifth successive title on London grass alive.
Rublev played brilliant tennis in the first set, which would have accounted for almost any other player in the world. But it wasn’t enough to stop Djokovic fromThe 36-year-old will reach his 46th Grand Slam semi-final, equaling the record of eight-time champion Roger Federer.
Djokovic, the second seed, will face Jannik Sinner in his twelfth Wimbledon semifinal, after the Italian beat fellow Russian Roman Safiullin 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the other match of the day.
This way, Djokovic added his 400th victory in Grand Slam matches, a milestone that only Federer and Serena Williams have reached.
2023-07-11 20:37:21
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