{"id":2037505,"date":"2026-07-10T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037505"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:05:01","slug":"defending-champion-sinner-beats-djokovic-to-set-up-wimbledon-final-aginst-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037505","title":{"rendered":"Defending champion Sinner beats Djokovic to set up Wimbledon final aginst Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/41\/94\/1200x675_cmsv2_4d17b6ab-22a8-5447-8619-607a52b8c8fd-9834194.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2908997-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2908997\" data-cid=\"9834243\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2908997-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          Sport<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Defending champion Sinner beats Djokovic to set up Wimbledon final aginst Zverev<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" 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From the start, Sinner pushed Djokovic back with his powerful groundstrokes and came up with big serves in big moments.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>If there were any lingering questions over Jannik Sinner\u2019s physical status after his meltdown at the French Open, they should be answered now.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sinner blasted his way past seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the Wimbledon final, showing off the kind of dominance he displayed before that second-round defeat in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>It was a measure of revenge for Sinner after Djokovic won their last meeting in five sets in this year&#8217;s Australian Open semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>For the 39-year-old Djokovic, it marked another chance missed at adding to his record total of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to defend his title at the grass-court Grand Slam, the top-ranked Sinner will face second-seeded Alexander Zverev in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev ended the \u201cFerytale\u201d run of British wild card Arthur Fery with an overpowering 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory earlier as the star-studded crowd on Centre Court witnessed two one-way contests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/41\/94\/808x539_cmsv2_44fff43c-7128-5861-acd3-eb56cee54960-9834194.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner of Italy serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their men&apos;s singles semifinal match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 10 July, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Jannik Sinner of Italy serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their men&#8217;s singles semifinal match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 10 July, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zverev will be playing for another major trophy a month after winning his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Grand Slam has always been the one that I struggled with the most and all of a sudden I\u2019m in the final of Wimbledon,\u201d the 29-year-old German said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got one more match to go on Sunday and that\u2019s what the focus is on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was another warm day in southwest London, with the temperature rising to about 29C.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it felt nothing like the suffocating heat and humidity in Paris when Sinner wasted a big lead against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who was ranked No. 56, and had his 30-match winning streak ended in dramatically unexpected fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was coming off the longest quarterfinal in Wimbledon history, when he outlasted Felix Auger-Aliassime after 5 hours, 15 minutes on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, by contrast, hadn\u2019t lost a set since he was pushed to five by Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>From the start, Sinner pushed Djokovic back with his powerful groundstrokes and came up with big serves in big moments.<\/p>\n<p>When Sinner faced his only break point of the match early in the third set, he produced an ace.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Road to the final<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Zverev, whose breakthrough at Roland Garros came in his fourth Grand Slam final, is attempting to become the first man since 1968 to win his second major title at the next event immediately after his first.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner has won his last nine meetings with Zverev and 14 straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to trust myself and I have to believe that I can win and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do,\u201d Zverev said before he knew who his opponent would be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/41\/94\/808x539_cmsv2_e2a29d7b-32c8-59a3-9a5e-6e230f2d3409-9834194.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Zverev celebrates after defeating Arthur Fery in their men&apos;s singles semifinal match at Wimbledon, 10 July, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Alexander Zverev celebrates after defeating Arthur Fery in their men&#8217;s singles semifinal match at Wimbledon, 10 July, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 114th-ranked Fery, who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and played at Stanford University, was attempting to become the first wild card to reach the final since Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev did well not to let the pro-Fery crowd get behind the local player too much and a double fault from Fery early in the first-set tiebreaker put Zverev in control.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.98-metre Zverev was also able to dominate with his serve, which he cranked up to 224 kph.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.75-metre Fery, by comparison, was serving closer to 193 kph.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Becker congratulates Zverev<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Zverev had previously never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s the first German man to reach the final of the grass-court Grand Slam since Boris Becker lost to Pete Sampras in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The last German man to win Wimbledon was Michael Stich, who beat Becker in the 1991 final.<\/p>\n<p>Becker, the three-time Wimbledon champion, wished Zverev \u201ccongratulations\u201d in German in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s final on Saturday features two Czech players; Karolina Muchova against Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer 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class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">If there were any lingering questions over\u00a0Jannik Sinner\u2019s physical status\u00a0after his\u00a0meltdown at the French Open, they should be answered now.Sinner blasted his way past seven-time champion\u00a0Novak Djokovic\u00a06-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the\u00a0Wimbledon final, showing off the kind of dominance he displayed before that second-round defeat in Paris.It was a measure of revenge for Sinner after Djokovic won their last meeting in five sets in this year&#8217;s Australian Open semi-finals.For the 39-year-old Djokovic, it marked another chance missed at adding to his record total of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.Aiming to defend his title at the grass-court Grand Slam, the top-ranked Sinner will face second-seeded\u00a0Alexander Zverev\u00a0in Sunday\u2019s final.Zverev ended the \u201cFerytale\u201d run of British wild card\u00a0Arthur Fery\u00a0with an overpowering 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory earlier as the\u00a0star-studded crowd on Centre Court\u00a0witnessed two one-way contests.Zverev will be playing for another major trophy a month after winning his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.\u201cThis Grand Slam has always been the one that I struggled with the most and all of a sudden I\u2019m in the final of Wimbledon,\u201d the 29-year-old German said.\u201cWe got one more match to go on Sunday and that\u2019s what the focus is on.\u201dIt was another warm day in southwest London, with the temperature rising to about 29C.Still, it felt nothing like the suffocating heat and humidity in Paris when Sinner wasted a big lead against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who was ranked No. 56, and had his 30-match winning streak ended in dramatically unexpected fashion.Djokovic was coming off the longest quarterfinal in Wimbledon history,\u00a0when he outlasted Felix Auger-Aliassime\u00a0after 5 hours, 15 minutes on Tuesday.Sinner, by contrast, hadn\u2019t lost a set since he was pushed to five by 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