LONDON—Five-time winner and defending champion Djokovic will contest his 10th Wimbledon and 41st Grand Slam semi-final on Friday against 22-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov who has reached this stage for the first time in his career. Add in the fact that Djokovic’s gaze is locked on winning his 20th Grand Slam title to match record-holders Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal and his career record against Shapovalov reads 6–0, and a place in the final looks a formality. Friday’s first semi-final sees Matteo Berrettini take on Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz—the man who sent Federer packing, possibly for the last time, in the quarter-finals. Whoever wins will be making history with Berrettini bidding to become the first Italian to make a Wimbledon final and Hurkacz the first Polish man to reach the final of any Slam. Djokovic’s biggest problem early in the tournament was staying upright, but since those early tumbles, he has looked …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta