Jannik Sinner stormed into the Wimbledon final after a comprehensive victory over Novak Djokovic.
The ATP’s world number one entered this match on a four-match streak against the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
The Italian had lost his two previous meetings with Djokovic at Wimbledon, and the same foe stood between him and a place in Sunday’s championship match.
But Jannik Sinner was in ruthless mode as he dispatched the seven-time Wimbledon champion 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to earn the right to compete for his first Wimbledon title on Sunday.
Jannik Sinner becomes the fourth man to beat Novak Djokovic on all three surfaces
Sinner made a quick start to his Wimbledon semi-final against Novak Djokovic by breaking him in his opening service game.
He continued that momentum and won the first set, and claimed the second in similar fashion as Djokovic struggled to stay with him.
The Serbian seemed hampered by injury as he took a medical timeout before the third set commenced. Djokovic then looked rejuvenated and opened up a 3-0 lead to start the set.
But his advantage was short-lived, as Sinner won six of the next seven games to seal victory in one hour and 55 minutes.
Sinner has now become just the fourth man after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray to beat Djokovic on clay, hard and grass courts.
Who will Jannik Sinner play in the Wimbledon final?
Sinner will compete in his first Wimbledon final against world number two Carlos Alcaraz.
He reached his third successive championship match at the All-England Club as Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz in four sets.
This will be the pair’s first meeting since their epic French Open final in June, which is the second longest Grand Slam in history. Sinner suffered an agonising loss in Paris after leading by two sets and holding match points in the fourth set.
But the top seed is ready to face his rival once again, this time in Wimbledon’s Centre Court. “It’s a huge honour for me to share the court again with Carlos,” Sinner said.
“Hopefully it will be a good match like the last one – I don’t know if it will be better because I don’t know if that’s possible but we will try – hopefully it will be an enjoyable match.”
