Fitness Concerns Remain Before Djokovic-sinner Match

Wimbledon 2025

Venue: All England Club Dates: 30 June-13 July

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The imaginable of watching of 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic return connected world number 1 Jannik Sinner for a spot successful nan Wimbledon last is simply a mouth-watering one, but fittingness concerns stay earlier Friday's match.

Djokovic, 38, fell awkwardly precocious connected successful his quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli, but picked himself up to wrap up victory and progress.

Sinner, meanwhile, wounded his correct elbow aft slipping successful nan first crippled of his fourth-round necktie pinch Grigor Dimitrov connected Monday.

The Italian yet progressed aft his force retired done injury, but he had dense strapping connected his elbow successful his quarter-final triumph complete Ben Shelton.

Sinner said he would beryllium "100% fit" to look Djokovic, but nan Serb has not been rather truthful definitive and cancelled a scheduled believe convention connected Thursday.

Sinner cancelled a scheduled convention connected Tuesday, heading indoors for immoderate ray hitting while he awaited nan results of a scan.

Djokovic whitethorn person done likewise - but it does still formed immoderate uncertainty complete his fitness.

Djokovic reached nan semi-finals of this year's Australian Open but had to discontinue aft nan first group against Alexander Zverev, having injured his limb successful nan erstwhile round.

Given his age, Djokovic accepts he has to activity harder than 23-year-old Sinner aliases 22-year-old Wimbledon defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to support up pinch them physically.

"Sometimes I get tired of each nan chores I person to do connected a regular ground to get my assemblage fresh to beryllium capable to perform," he said.

"It's a batch of hours spent disconnected nan court, successful nan gym aliases connected nan array conscionable trying to activity pinch what I have.

"Physically, I dream that I'll beryllium capable to prolong that."

Sinner, who is bidding to scope his first Wimbledon final, did return portion successful his scheduled believe convention connected Thursday but seemed successful nary discomfort arsenic he laughed and joked pinch his team.

Alcaraz will look Taylor Fritz successful nan first men's semi-final connected Friday - but nan American excessively had to return a aesculapian timeout successful his quarter-final triumph complete Karen Khachanov.

Fifth seed Fritz had curen connected his feet - and concerns were heightened by nan truth he had conscionable mislaid nan 3rd group 6-1 aft controlling nan first two.

But Fritz, done to nan past 4 astatine SW19 for nan first time, allayed those fears aft his victory, saying he conscionable needed taping connected his ft redone.

"It's beautiful communal - a batch of players do this portion occupation truthful your ft doesn't get irritated," he said.

"I deliberation I ripped it disconnected astatine immoderate constituent successful nan 2nd truthful I conscionable needed to get it redone."

The only personification who sewage done nan quarter-finals without a hint of an wounded was world number 2 Alcaraz.

A fully-fit Alcaraz is surely a interest for his rivals arsenic he bids for a 3rd Wimbledon title successful a row.