Jannik Sinner has reached the Wimbledon final for the first time with a phase’s perfect tennis gala. Novak Djokovic had no chance and after a demonstration over less than two hours with 3: 6, 3: 6 and 4: 6.
In the final on Sunday (live ticker at Sportschau.de) Sinner now meets Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish defending champion had previously conquered Taylor Fritz from the USA in four sets. On his 25th Grand Slam-Title has to continue to wait -that it is enough for the 38 -year -old in Wimbledon again seems very doubtful.
“Incredible, I can’t believe it. When I was young, I always watched the tournament on TV. I never thought that I was here in the final”Sinner said afterwards. He didn’t know what would come on Sunday, he added with a laugh: “We all saw the last final.”
Class difference From the first ball change
The fans on the Center Court were certainly looking forward to an exciting game between the long -term and current number one in the world rankings – but the first set revealed a class difference.
Sinner served in incredible quality and won all the points in which his first serve came. Stops, Lobs, Volleys and, above all, the strokes from the baseline had a phase with his student as with a tennis teacher: Djokovic twitched several times annoyed with his shoulders, which he also tried – the South Tyrolean had the right answer. The passage took 33 minutes, his second break used Sinner to win the set.
Fans give everything – it doesn’t help
And it continued seamlessly. In the second round, too, Djokovic quickly lost his serve and looked a surprisingly early resigned. But that was somehow understandable. The Serb continued to play variable, moved up, put on stop balls. But in the same rhythm he collected crashing passes, or Sinner took the stops and hit the “Djoker” around the ears.
Resigned in the semifinals against Jannik Sinner: Novak Djokovic
When it was 0:15 at 4: 2 and Sinner Service, the fans also tried everything: “Nole, nole“If they wrote the Serbian nickname, which seemed almost humble. But he also lost this game because the 1.91 meter giant on the other felt felt every ball. In addition, Djokovic did not put any pressure on his second surcharge: he did not win any point in the entire second round.
Thigh problems and Medical Timeout
After the lost second set, he got the physio. Whether it was the late consequences of his spectacular fall shortly before the end of his semi -finals against Flavio Cobolli or fresh problems from the current match – the pain during treatment in the left adductor area was to be seen.
After several minutes, Djokovic came back, but the problems could not be overlooked with longer rallies. Nevertheless, a short time later the Center Court was head: Djokovic actually made his first break, led 2-0 in the third round and also added 3-0.
Djokovic playful leadership – and gets angry
The audience including legends such as Björn Borg or Leonardo di Caprio was now full of keeping Djokovic’s thighs – but Sinner remained Sinner. Totally unimpressed, he simply continues to be more concentrated from the baseline, racing even more concentrated and breaks back twice back into this sentence – at lightning speed, the beautiful leadership of Djokovic was again a thing of the past.
The old star seemed to know that he would not get a new turn in this sentence, but his box continued to cheer him on and constantly gave him instructions on what he had to do. During a break, Djokovic then burst his collar, he gained angrily, pinched his lips with his fingers and called: “I don’t want to hear a word from you now! Just look at the game, sit down and be calm.”