The Serbian needed three and a half hours to overcome the impetus of the slender red-haired 20-year-old who in the previous phase had dominated Alcaraz, fifth seed and a year his junior, with nerves of steel.
“Many congratulations to Jannik for a great battle, he is very mature for his age, he has a long time ahead” to win tournaments, assured Djokovic.
Sinner “was the best player during the first two sets, but at the end of the second I went to the bathroom, I cooled off, I talked to myself in the mirror,” said the Serb to the laughter of the public, considering that there he recomposed “his thoughts for confront the adversary in the best possible way”.
Confidence
He said he felt a “confidence rush” when breaking his serve for the first time in the third set and “seeing a little hesitation in his movement”.
In the end, the experience of the former world number one, winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, won the battle on center court, witnessed from the presidential box by Prince William, second in line to the British throne, and by his wife Catherine.
Djokovic thus scored his 26th consecutive win at Wimbledon, with his last loss at the All England Club in London dating back 5 years.
Tomorrow he will face British Cameron Norrie, 26 years old and No. 12 in the world, who qualified for his first Grand Slam semifinal, by beating Belgian David Goffin (58th), 3-6, 7- 5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. In this way he became the first Briton to enter the Wimbledon semi-finals since Andy Murray in 2016, when the Scot conquered the tournament for the second time.
The other two semifinalists will be defined today with the crosses for the quarterfinals between the Spanish Rafael Nadal (4), maximum winner of Grand Slam titles with 22 titles, against the strong American server Taylor Harry Fritz (14), and the one who Chilean Cristian Garín (43) will star against the talented and eccentric Australian Nick Kyrgios (40).
In the women’s draw, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, No. 2 in the world, became the first player from the African continent to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament since the South African Amanda Coetzer in 1997, by defeating the Czech Marie Bouzkova (66th) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Jabeur (27 years old), who was the first Arab player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, in 2020 at the Australian Open, will face tomorrow for a place in the final with the German Tatjana Maria (103rd), who beat German Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Source: Ambito
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