Wimbledon, Djokovic in the final. Sinner lacked a pinch of ruthlessness. The Serbian: “Jannik leader of the new generation”

LONDON — The first thought is that things really could have gone differently, while Jannik Sinner loses his first Grand Slam semifinal e Novak Djokovic approaches the microphone for the words that belong to the winner of each match. On 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 one can really complain, because the blue played on equal footing against a player, the Serbian, who won Wimbledon from 45 consecutive matches. No one has ever done it, and he hopes to score 46 on Sunday in the final, whatever Alcaraz or Medvedev.

Sinner-Djokovic, the match report

What to say: according to the cold news, Sinner lost his serve in the first set in his first round of service, after having had two chances to take it away from Djokovic in the first game of the match. He also had another one, but Djokovic knows how to raise the level of his game at the right moment, and he didn’t give him the chance.

Second set? The break occurred in the second round of service, and then Djokovic also had other chances. Even Sinner, though. A. But even the second half ended up in Serbian.

Anyone else, at 0-2, in a Wimbledon Grand Slam semi-final against Djokovic, would have gotten depressed and frustrated. But not the resilient Sinner, who tried to keep the point.

Third set decided in the tie-break

And, indeed, in the third set balance reigned supreme. Well, here too Djokovic had to save a couple of break points on serve: it was 5-4 for Sinner and they were set points… and then, in the tie-break that looked promising with a quick 3-1 for Sinner, here is a double fault by our tennis player who cut off his legs, starting the countermeasures of the Serbian, who then closed the match.

Djokovic praises Sinner

The sensation? It is that Sinner lacked a handful of ruthlessness, as if he felt the responsibility and heaviness of each ball. He’s missed the click on the chances he’s had. But, let’s be clear, he was playing against the greatest ever, the facts tell it. From this Sinner can draw new confidence in the next Grand Slam, that of New York. But also from the words of the opponent, winner of 23 Grand Slams: “The semifinals of a Grand Slam are hard-fought matches. The score does not tell the reality of what happened on the field. The third set could have been won by him. He made a little mistake and allowed me to get to the tie-break. Sinner has shown why he is one of the leaders of the new generation of tennis players.”