favorite. Djokovic added his 400th Grand Slam match victory, a milestone only Roger Federer and Serena Williams have reached.
The Serbian Novak Djokovic recovered from a bad start and beat the Russian Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3 to settle in the Wimbledon semifinals, an instance in which he will face the Italian Jannik Sinner, who had previously defeated fellow Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. “Nole”, No. 2 in the world and who seeks to win the tournament to return to the top of tennis, had a tough match against Rublev (No. 7), who offered him a tough battle, after 2h 51m on court All England centre-back.
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With the victory, Djokovic, who is seeking his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, reached his 33rd straight win on the legendary British turf and is going for his 24th Grand Slam title. The clash between Djokovic and the young Sinner, just 21 years old, already occurred in the quarterfinals last year, while the Serb also beat the Italian in the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters 1000; so the story is 2-0 in favor of the Balkan.
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Today the other two semifinalists will be announced with the last quarterfinal matches between the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (No. 1) against the Dane Holger Rune (No. 6), and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (No. 3) and the American Christopher Eubanks (N°43), another of the surprises of the tournament. In the women’s draw, the Polish Iga Swiatek, No. 1 in the WTA ranking, said goodbye again in the quarterfinals like two years ago, losing to the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (No. 76 and former No. 3) by 7- 5 and 6-7 (5) and 6-2. She will clash for the ticket to the final against the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (No. 43), who beat the American Jessica Pegula (No. 4) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
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