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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner with Novak Djokovic inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner has looked ahead to facing Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and identified what could make the match \u201cvery, very tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World No 1 Sinner, who is the reigning Wimbledon champion, will take on seventh seed and 24-time major winner Djokovic in the semi-finals on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The pair met at the same stage at last year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> prevailing 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner holds a 6-5 head-to-head record against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Djokovic<\/a>, having won six of their last eight encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, though, won their most recent meeting \u2014 an epic five-set semi-final at the 2026 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>In the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, Sinner defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets, while Djokovic triumphed against Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set marathon.<\/p>\n<h2>Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/richard-krajicek-wimbledon-exclusive-jannik-sinner-prediction\"><strong>Richard Krajicek issues Jannik Sinner Wimbledon verdict as he makes a prediction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wimbledon-called-out-shambolic-decision-making-novak-djokovic-complaints-deaf-ears\"><strong>Wimbledon called out for \u2018shambolic\u2019 decision-making as Novak Djokovic complaints fall on deaf ears<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his post-match press conference after beating Struff, Sinner was asked about a potential showdown with Djokovic \u2014 who was still on court against Auger-Aliassime at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s Novak, I feel like every match is different,\u201d said the four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when I had this small streak with him, I felt like every match has really its own story. Especially when you play on a surface like this, if you have a bad serving day or not feeling the ball very well, it\u2019s going to be very, very tough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, I\u2019m happy to be back in the semis. I\u2019m happy to fight for every ball, then we see. More I cannot do, so\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has won this tournament so many times and he knows exactly how to approach it. I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner was also asked what area of his game he has been most satisfied with during the tournament so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like serving in important moments,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt like I was serving quite intelligently today, even though I was up a break. Second set I had a drop of concentration again. I tried to stay there mentally in every service game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, also how I handled important moments in that match because if you lose second sets, everything can happen again. Especially with big servers, you have less control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s for sure something I can be proud of. That\u2019s it. I felt like today was, again, a small step better because it was a very different opponent I faced until now. Big server here on grass is always tough. Happy about today\u2019s performance, and now of course I try to be as ready as I can for the semis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/arthur-fery-ranking-wimbledon-flavio-cobolli\">Wimbledon: Arthur Fery makes staggering rankings jump after huge Flavio Cobolli upset<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner reveals what could make Novak Djokovic Wimbledon semi-final \u2018very tough\u2019 Ewan West 08 Jul 2026 7:30 PM Jannik Sinner with Novak Djokovic inset Jannik Sinner has looked ahead to facing Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and identified what could make the match \u201cvery, very tough.\u201d World No 1 Sinner, who is the reigning Wimbledon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2033576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2033576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2033576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2033576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2033576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}