In the round of the best four, he will face Jannik Sinner (8th), who will play this instance for the first time in London. For the women’s team, Iga Swiatek (1st WTA) said goodbye to the tournament after her fall against Svitolina (76th).
Novak Djokovic (2nd ATP) surpasses Russian Andrey Rublev (7th ATP) in four sets (4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3) and is only two wins away from adding a new grand slam title. The 24th of his career, the eighth at Wimbledon, the third in 2023.
That’s why it’s not any great for Nole. With the pressure and the chance to write history again, the Serbian plays a perfect Wimbledon, just dropped his first set of the entire tournament . Such is the level that few believe the European will not win his fifth consecutive title on the London lawn.
Jannik Sinner (8th) will be the first of his rivals. The 21-year-old Italian settled for the first time in his career in the semi-finals of the tournament, a case on which “Djoko” stepped on 12 times , so the favoritism is 100% on the side of the current champion. Moreover, on both occasions they faced each other (the last at Wimbledon 2022), it was Novak who celebrated.
In any case, the presence of Sinner in the semi-finals shows the great moment that the young litter is living in the circuit, since there will be at least two players under the age of 22 in said instance. This, since Alcaraz (1st) and Rune (6th) will define another of the keys to the quarter-finals of the third Grand Slam of the season.
Swiatek loses control of number one
After more than a year and three months, the top spot in the WTA may have a new owner. Iga Swiatek (1st) fell in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon against Elina Svitolina (76th), leaving the door open for the end of her monarchy.
Who is lucky is Aryna Sabalenka (2nd), winner of the Australian Open this year and the Masters Tournament in 2022. If the Belarusian manages to reach the final of the third major of the season, she will be the new queen of the circuit managing to cut the dominance of the Pole, who has held this position since April 2022, when Ashley Barty left professional tennis.
Of course, Sabalenka won’t have it easy, since she has to beat Madison Keys (18th) then winner of the confrontation between Yelena Rybakina (3rd) and Ons Jabeur (6th) . If you complete both of these challenges, you will win the prize.
Although to lift the Wimbledon title he would have to meet in the final against Svitolina or Marketa Vondrousova (42nd) , two players who were not among the favorites to fight for the trophy. In fact, Svitolina (who made the semi-finals in 2019) received an invitation to the main draw for this edition, because in the last year she has not played regularly due to the war in Ukraine and being a mother for the first time. Only three months ago he joined the circuit.
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