I'll Be 100% For Semi-final, Says Sinner - But Will Djokovic After Slip?

Wimbledon 2025

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

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World number 1 Jannik Sinner says he will beryllium "100%" for Friday's Wimbledon semi-final against Novak Djokovic aft injuring his elbow earlier successful nan week.

The 23-year-old Italian fell during nan first crippled of his fourth-round necktie pinch Grigor Dimitrov connected Monday and took a aesculapian time-out to person treatment.

He was 2 sets down against Dimitrov but yet progressed aft his force retired done injury.

Sinner only had a ray 20-minute deed pinch his coaches connected Tuesday and wore strapping and a protective sleeve connected his racquet limb during Wednesday's quarter-final triumph complete Shelton.

The only motion of discomfort he showed was erstwhile he grimaced and shook retired his limb aft returning 1 of Shelton's immense serves successful nan 2nd set.

"The symptom is getting better," Sinner told BBC Sport. "I played coming pinch immoderate painkillers which helped maine to get through.

"Returning accelerated serves is not easy. But yes, it's not thing crazy superior because if not I would beryllium overmuch much concerned.

"Time will ever thief and [Thursday] is 1 time off, which is going to beryllium bully for me, and Friday I'm going to beryllium 100%."

Djokovic, bidding for a standalone grounds 25th Grand Slam singles title, mislaid to Sinner successful nan French Open past 4 conscionable 5 weeks ago.

The 2 person besides met doubly earlier astatine Wimbledon - successful nan quarter-finals successful 2022 and nan semi-finals successful 2023, pinch Djokovic winning connected some occasions.

However, three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner has won their past 4 meetings.

"Me and Novak, we cognize each different amended because we person played rather a lot," Sinner said.

"I've ne'er won against him present successful Wimbledon truthful it's going to beryllium a very, very reliable challenge."

Sinner besides said he decided to play successful caller shoes for his lucifer pinch Shelton to trim nan chances of slipping again.

"I played pinch wholly caller shoes to person much grip," he added.

"I haven't moreover played believe [in them]. It was wholly new, which usually connected different surfaces I don't do.

"On writer nan main privilege is to person tons of grip truthful I person to get utilized to it."

Seven-time champion Djokovic beat Italian Flavio Cobolli successful 4 sets to unafraid his semi-final spot but besides suffered an wounded scare himself during nan match.

Leading 5-4 successful nan 4th group and serving for nan match, he slipped and fell awkwardly arsenic he attempted to move for a shot.

It prompted interest from nan crowd and Djokovic initially appeared successful discomfort erstwhile he sewage up, but shook it disconnected to triumph nan adjacent 2 points and unafraid victory.

"There is simply a concern, but we'll spot successful nan adjacent 24 to 48 hours. It was an awkward, nasty fall," Djokovic told BBC Sport.

"I'm going to reside it pinch my squad and dream that severity is not excessively bad."

Djokovic has now surgery nan grounds for astir Wimbledon men's singles semi-final appearances pinch 14, moving 1 clear of eight-time champion Roger Federer.

It is besides a 52nd Grand Slam semi-final quality for Djokovic, extending his all-time grounds successful nan men's game.

But sloppy of his awesome record, he knows he will request to beryllium astatine his very champion against Sinner.

"I americium conscionable trying to attraction connected my betterment correct now and getting my assemblage successful style for very beingness battle," he said of his preparations for nan match.

"Hopefully I tin present nan level and beryllium capable to enactment pinch him because it's going to return nan champion of maine astatine nan infinitesimal to hit Jannik.

"That's nan only point I'm reasoning astir correct now - conscionable getting myself physically and mentally successful nan correct authorities truthful I tin conflict pinch him for arsenic agelong arsenic it's necessary."