Jannik Sinner is on the brink of completing his successful title defence, as he’s already in this year’s Wimbledon semi-finals. Since his opening-round scare, Sinner’s path has been relatively straightforward, but this time, he’ll face his biggest test yet.
He has drawn Novak Djokovic as his next opponent, but the pre-match Wimbledon 2026 odds give Sinner the slight edge against one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Like Sinner, Djokovic also went through a gauntlet to reach this far, but the 39-year-old is showing zero signs of slowing down, as he’s gunning for his eighth title.
Elsewhere, Alexander Zverev is also in the semi-finals, and he’ll take on Arthur Fery, who figures to be the hometown favourite. The 23-year-old British international has been one of the feel-good stories of the competition thus far.
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Sinner is on a monster run
Jannik Sinner remains the No. 1 player in the ATP rankings, which is not a surprise, given his performances in the tournaments he has competed in this year. After losing to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals, the young Italian won the Indian Wells Masters, Miami Open, Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open, and Italian Open. His lowest point so far was losing to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round of the French Open last May.
At 13,450 points, he has a comfortable 3,990-point cushion over second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, who didn’t participate in this year’s Wimbledon due to a wrist injury. Without a firm timetable on his return, Alcaraz is at risk of dropping more points, which would widen the gap between him and Sinner.
Sinner is fresh from a 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory over Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday, despite not playing his best tennis. After winning the opening set, Sinner escaped danger in the second with his solid service and baseline play en route to dispatching his 36-year-old counterpart in two hours and 35 minutes.
After neutralising Struff, Sinner improved his record at The All England Club to 25-4. Since his opening-round win against Miomir Kecmanovic, in which he needed five sets, he has won 12 consecutive sets to reach his 10th major semi-final.
Djokovic survives grueling quarter-final clash
Novak Djokovic needed five hours and 15 minutes to earn a dramatic 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(10-4) victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime, which is the longest Wimbledon quarter-final in history. If there were any doubts about the 39-year-old’s fitness, he has certainly erased them last night.
The Serbian international absorbed Auger-Aliassime’s heavy hitting and was mentally tough down the stretch. Djokovic played through a leg issue during the opening set and recovered from squandering a break advantage in the fourth set, which made the win even more satisfying.
The win extended Djokovic’s remarkable consistency at The Championships. He has now reached the semi-finals in each of his past eight Wimbledon appearances, having not lost before the Final Four at SW19 since 2017.
Djokovic also became just the second man in the Open Era aged 39 or older to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals alongside Ken Rosewall, and he surpassed Roger Federer’s previous men’s record of 105 wins after his Round of 16 triumph against Roman Safiullin.
Djokovic had been having a subpar 2026 campaign by his lofty standards. Since losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open final last February, he never got past the Round of 16 in his next three major tournaments before Wimbledon. Because of this, Djokovic has fallen to eighth in the ATP rankings with 3,760 points, and he’ll have a lot of catching up to do to hopefully reach the Top 5.
Fery is creating his Cinderella story
Arthur Fery is not supposed to be in a Wimbledon semi-final. The 23-year-old British international entered the competition as a wildcard ranked No. 114. However, he reached this far by eliminating Damir Dzumhur, Otto Virtanen, Zizou Bergs, Grigor Dimitrov, and Flavio Cobolli – the runner-up of this year’s French Open.
He needed two hours and 14 minutes to dispatch Cobolli, whom he had also beaten earlier this year at the Australian Open. Fery was solid off both wings from the baseline throughout, and he didn’t give his Italian counterpart a chance to mount a comeback, converting three of seven break points he earned in the third set and winning 76-per cent (22-for-29) of points at the net. Fery is just the fifth Briton to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals in the Open Era after Roger Taylor, Tim Henman, Andy Murray, and Cameron Norrie. Before this, he only had six tour-level wins to his name.
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