He Serbian Novak Djokovic recovered from a bad start and beat Russian Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday in four sets to settle in the semifinals of the Open tennis of England of Wimbledon, third Grand Slam of the seasonan instance in which he will face the Italian Jannik Sinner, who previously defeated the Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-2.
Nole, number 2 in the world, who seeks to win the tournament to return to the top of tennis, in his 400th match in a Grand Slam reached his twelfth semifinal at Wimbledon, in a tough match against Russian Rublev (7), who offered him a tough battle, after 2 hours and 51 minutes of play on the central court of the All England Club, in London. With the victory, Djokovic, who is seeking his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, has won his 33rd straight win on the All England Club’s grass and is going for his 24th Grand Slam.
This Wednesday, the other two semifinalists will be announced with the quarterfinals between the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (1) and the Danish Holger Rune (6), and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (3) and the American Christopher Eubanks (43).
He meanwhile, it also defined its first two semifinalists on a day in which the Polish Iga Swiatek (number 1 in the WTA), once again said goodbye to the All England in the quarterfinals like two years ago, losing to the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (76), who repeated what was done in 2019 and prevailed 7-5 and 6-7 (5) and 6-2, after two hours and 50 minutes of play. Svitolina will clash for the ticket to the final against the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (43), who beat the American Jessica Pegula (4) 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4, in 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Besides, In the men’s doubles draw, the Argentinian Horacio Zeballos and his Spanish teammate Marcel Granollers advanced to the quarterfinals after prevailing over the American Robert Galloway and the South African Lloyd Harris by 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (6). His next rivals will be the Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, who beat the Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-3, 6-4.