Wimbledon, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic
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Novak Djokovic clinched a spot in Wimbledon's semifinals following Wednesday's win over Flavio Cobolli (6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4) despite a scary fall in the final game of the match. Djokovic slipped on the grass after a forehand attempt led to a return from Cobolli that hit the net cord and made Djokovic lean to his left.
The Wimbledon men's singles semi-finals take place at the All England Club on Friday. If ever a Grand Slam semi-final involving Spain's Carlos Alcaraz could be described as a warm-up act that could be a fair description of his clash with American Taylor Fritz in the opening match on Centre Court.
The 38-year-old overcame a first-set loss to take a 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Italian Flavio Cobolli to advance to the semifinals for the 14th time at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. Djokovic has now reached the final four at Wimbledon more than any other men's tennis player, surpassing Roger Federer on Wednesday.
Hugh Grant was sitting in the Royal Box for Novak Djokovic and Flavio Cobolli's quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, an afternoon that, on its face, seems like quite the exciting time. In actuality, though, it was hard to tell whether the actor was enjoying himself.
Novak Djokovic is still in the hunt for his 25th career Major title when he takes on No. 22 seed Italian Flavio Cobolli for a spot in the semifinals.
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Novak Djokovic tells BBC Sport's Lee McKenzie he hopes there will be no lasting impact after the "awkward" fall he suffered in the final game of his Wimbledon quarter-final win.
Despite the challenge of an injured right elbow, No. 1 seeded Jannik Sinner triumphed over No. 10 seed Ben Shelton, earning a spot in the Wimbledon semifinals. Three-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner slipped and fell during his fourth-round match against Grigor Dimitrov,