Jannik Sinner is a true force of nature, and he made light work of Novak Djokovic this afternoon to reach a second straight Wimbledon final.
Heading into the clash, many gave the 24-time Grand Slam champion a puncher’s chance despite the gruelling quarter-final he had endured just days earlier.
However, the current world number one was clearly not in a lenient mood, as he meticulously sapped the life out of Novak Djokovic on a court that has brought him so much joy over the years.
At 39 years of age, this damaging defeat has many questioning whether he will ever set foot at the All England Club again.
Andre Agassi, Pat Cash and Eugenie Bouchard have offered their immediate analysis of the semi-final, detailing exactly how Jannik Sinner dismantled Djokovic under the blazing Wimbledon sun.
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It was Bouchard who began the assessment, discussing the Serbian’s lack of power throughout the clash and his subsequent inability to trouble Sinner.
She claimed: “One thing I noticed on Djokovic’s side was that he was not getting the power he usually gets out of the corner. I’m not sure if that was due to his long match the other day or if that was just Sinner’s power himself or having to battle that.
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“Djokovic is one of the best in the world at turning defence to offence, and he could not do that today because Sinner had so much power and accuracy on his side of the baseline.”
Then, touching on Djokovic’s struggles to trouble the Sinner serve, she added: “Novak barely had a chance in Jannik’s service games and that puts a lot of pressure on the Novak serve.
“Novak’s second serve was having a bit of trouble today because Sinner, after having these amazing service games, would step up to the line and crush these second serve returns.
“Novak was running out of solutions at the beginning of the point whether he was serving or returning.”
Pat Cash would then add some much-needed statistical context: “One of the stats was second serve points won, and that’s usually when you are in a rally. Novak won only 12%; he is always in the high 20s or 30 percent. Against Sinner today, just 12%.
“Sometimes you win the serve on your second serve, but most of the time you are in a rally. Once Novak is in a rally, it’s going to be 50/50, and give a few percentage for good second serves, but it was just 12% today.
“It goes to show how powerful and dominant Sinner was from the back of the court against one of the best, if not the best defender of all time.”
Sinner had kind words for Djokovic during his on-court interview, having finally avenged his most recent loss in the Australian Open semi-finals earlier this year.
Novak Djokovic did everything he could to trouble Jannik Sinner
Djokovic did not play particularly badly today. He simply caught Sinner when he was on fire.
Everything the 24-year-old tried came off, with his groundstrokes crisp and consistent enough to constantly knock his opponent out of rhythm.
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In Melbourne, Djokovic attacked with every opportunity with lethal precision. It felt like those opportunities were totally absent today, and the fact he had just one break point opportunity emphasised that.
Andre Agassi tried his best to point out where Djokovic perhaps went wrong, but echoed this sentiment.
He said: “If I had to be critical to find something that Novak didn’t do or should have done, I can’t. He came out with a clear game plan and executed everything he could do with the best of his ability without hesitation and it was simply answered.”
