{"id":1703,"date":"2025-07-11T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/sinner-beats-djokovic-to-set-up-wimbledon-final-against-alcaraz\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:45:11","slug":"sinner-beats-djokovic-to-set-up-wimbledon-final-against-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/sinner-beats-djokovic-to-set-up-wimbledon-final-against-alcaraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner beats Djokovic to set up Wimbledon final against Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World number one races to straight-sets win over the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the semifinals at Wimbledon 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jannik Sinner has crushed Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals<\/a> to set up the latest installment of his gripping rivalry with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

The world number one is through to his fourth successive Grand Slam title match \u2013 and his first at the All England \u00a0Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club \u2013 after a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 demolition on Centre Court on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old will be desperate to avenge his painful French Open defeat against world number two Alcaraz after squandering three championship points in last month\u2019s epic Roland-Garros final.<\/p>\n

Sinner and Alcaraz are the undisputed new kings of men\u2019s tennis, claiming the past six majors between them.<\/p>\n

Defeat on a baking Centre Court means seven-time champion Djokovic, who was apparently not 100 percent fit, must wait for another shot at a record 25th Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n

It is the first time he has failed to reach the Wimbledon final since 2017, and he has come up short in his bid to equal Roger Federer\u2019s men\u2019s record of eight Wimbledon titles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tournament I always watched when I was young on the television, and I would have never imagined that I can play here, you know in the finals, so it was amazing,\u201d said Sinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my side, I served very well today. I felt great on court; I was moving really well today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw in the third set that he was a bit injured. He\u2019s been in a very difficult situation, but I tried to stay calm, to play the best tennis I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s Sinner was still wearing a white protective sleeve after injuring his elbow in a nasty fall during a fourth-round match against Grigor Dimitrov.<\/p>\n

Djokovic also came into the contest, watched by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, with questions over his fitness after tumbling to the turf late in his quarterfinal victory against Flavio Cobolli.<\/p>\n

Top seed Sinner broke Djokovic in the third game, unleashing a barrage of relentlessly accurate groundstrokes to wear the sixth seed down.<\/p>\n

The Serb, 38, wilted under the onslaught in the ninth game as Sinner converted his third set point.<\/p>\n

Sinner did not let up at the start of the second set, breaking for a 2-0 lead to tighten his grip on the match.<\/p>\n

Djokovic was struggling to gain a foothold but held for 3-1 to roars from the crowd, desperate to witness a classic battle.<\/p>\n

Chants of \u201cNole\u201d rang around the stadium as fans tried to lift Djokovic. But he was powerless to prevent Sinner from opening up a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n

He saved a set point on his own serve, but that merely delayed the inevitable as Sinner wrapped up the set with only 69 minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n

Djokovic received treatment from the trainer between sets on the upper part of his left leg, apparently on the area he hurt in the match against Cobolli.<\/p>\n

He broke for the first time in the match as he suddenly found a new gear, but was pegged back to 3-2 and roared in frustration at the changeover.<\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic received medical treatment during a break in the semifinal [Henry Nicholls\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Struggling physically, Djokovic was broken again as Sinner sealed victory with his fourth match point.<\/p>\n

Sinner, the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion, returned from a doping ban in May, losing the Italian Open final to Alcaraz before his collapse in the Roland-Garros showpiece.<\/p>\n

Now he has a chance for revenge against the man who has won the past two Wimbledon titles and is the current top dog on grass.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a huge honour for me to share the court once again with Carlos,\u201d he said. \u201cWe try to push ourselves to the limit. He is for sure one of the players I look up to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love watching him. I think you all guys agree on that, what kind of talent he is. But hopefully, it\u2019s going to be a good match like the last one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner trails 8-4 in their head-to-head meetings, losing the past five matches.<\/p>\n

The Italian can take heart from beating Alcaraz in the Wimbledon fourth round in 2022, his rival\u2019s last defeat at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World number one races to straight-sets win over the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the semifinals at Wimbledon 2025. Jannik Sinner has crushed Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals to set up the latest installment of his gripping rivalry with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday\u2019s final. The world number one is through to his … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}