FORBefore starting the current edition of Wimbledon, the recurring question was who could stop Novak Djokovic in his attempt to retain the crown.
Five brave men have already tried and none of them succeeded. Hubert Hurkacz (eighth) and Andrey Rublev (fourth) stole a set from the Serb, but nothing else. Rublev was the last to fall on Tuesday at the hands of Djokovic, with the score of 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3.
The Russian struck first, but his rival didn’t flinch. He reacted as only the champions of the 22 Grand Slam titles do. Novak, who in the previous round became a centenarian in matches at Wimbledon, today reached 400 matches on the big racket stages. Only Roger Federer (429) and Serena Williams (419) had reached that number before.
The balcony tightens the palisade around Roger, match with eight gimps on the lawn of the All England Club if it is crowned this Sunday. There are already 12 times that he has slipped into the top four of the British tournament and 46 in total in the “majors”, equaling Federer’s record.
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Novak Djokovic46
Roger Federer46
Raphael Nadal 38
Jimmy Connors 31
Ivan Lendl28
In the semi-final awaits you Jannik Sinnereighth seed in the table and who accounted well for Roman Safiullin, by 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and 6-2.
The Italian has caved with Djokovic in the previous two between the pair. One of them was precisely in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2022 where Jannik blew a two-sets-to-zero lead with the next winner of the tournament. The two protagonists will now have two days off to prepare for Friday’s sinking. One less day will have the semi-finalists in the upper part of the table where Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev and Christopher Eubanks circulate.
Rublev, trained by Spaniards Fernando Vicente and Beto Martín, continues to resist a semi-final of a great after being eight times quarter-finalist.
2023-07-12 03:52:20
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