Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner Remains Fully Focused—Up 2-0 Against Novak Djokovic

Jannik Sinner also won the second set against Novak Djokovic in the second semifinal of the Wimbledon tournament, bringing him—thanks to a 6-4, 6-4 victory in an hour and a half of play—just one set away from securing a spot in the final. The South Tyrolean must, however, remain fully focused against an opponent capable, throughout his career, of comebacks that border on the impossible.

In the first set, the decisive break came in the ninth game: the Serbian, despite his efforts (he had already saved a break point at 2-2 and fended off one of two set points), had to contend with a Sinner who was extremely effective on serve and generally very focused on every shot. In the second set, the situation played out much the same way, with the difference that the break needed to pull away from Djokovic came in the seventh game.

Sinner is the defending champion at Wimbledon, a tournament where, in addition to his victorious final in 2025, he also reached the semifinals in 2023, where he was stopped by Djokovic himself. In last year’s final, he defeated Carlos Alcaraz 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4: the Murcia native, still recovering from an injury sustained in the spring, is the notable absentee from this year’s tournament.

Djokovic, on the other hand, has reached the semifinals at Wimbledon for the 16th time in his career, out of 20 appearances. The Serbian has won the tournament seven times, triumphing in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022. Last year, it was Jannik Sinner who defeated him, preventing him from reaching the tournament final for the first time since 2017.