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.

None of this might have happened at all; as a teenager, Flavio wanted to be a soccer player. But the Italian tennis star, now ranked number 24 in the world, has tennis in his blood. Here, get to know Flavio’s parents Stefano and Francesca:

Nearly two decades on from when he first did it, Novak Djokovic reached his 14th semi final at Wimbledon. Raging constantly against the dying of the light, the 38-year-old seven-time champion reacted to victory by hanging his head for a moment,