Jannik Sinner has advanced to the Wimbledon semi-finals for a third consecutive year.
Sinner survived the challenge of Jan-Lennard Struff, winning 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 on Court One.
Sinner, the defending champion in south-west London, will play either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
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The Italian has been far from his best at this year’s Championships, yet he has found himself just one victory from the final.
Sinner can also take great confidence heading into his next match after usurping Stefan Edberg in one particular statistical area.
Jannik Sinner has won the 10th-most matches while ranked world number one
Sinner has been ranked as the world number one since beating Carlos Alcaraz in the Monte Carlo Masters final back in April.
He has spent a total of 79 weeks as the world number one – one week shy of Lleyton Hewitt’s total.
The Italian has now eclipsed Stefan Edberg in a world number one-related statistical category.
Sinner has now surpassed Edberg for the outright 10th-most ATP-level match wins as world number one since the ATP rankings were first published in 1973, as reported by statisticians OptaAce.
Sinner has now won 95 matches as the world number one – one more than Edberg’s total of 94.
Wimbledon semi-finals
- Jannik Sinner vs Novak Djokovic or Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Flavio Cobolli or Arthur Fery vs Taylor Fritz or Alexander Zverev
Sinner is also only the fifth man since 2000 to reach 10 men’s singles semi-finals at Grand Slams before the age of 25, following Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner is taking advantage of his opportunity
Last month, Sinner had a golden opportunity to win his first Roland Garros title due to the absence of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
He failed to capitalise, losing in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo amid severe cramping issues.
Alcaraz is also absent at Wimbledon, and Sinner has not made the same mistake twice.
Despite early struggles – which included a five-set first-round contest against Miomir Kecmanovic – the Italian has maintained his composure and marched into the last four.
He will face Novak Djokovic or Felix Auger-Aliassime next.
