Sinner beats Djokovic in straight sets to reach Wimbledon final
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- Jannik Sinner demolished seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach his second straight Wimbledon final, improving to 1-4 against Sinner or Alcaraz over the past four Wimbledons for the 39-year-old Djokovic (20-0 vs. everyone else in that span).
- Sinner has reeled off 17 consecutive sets this fortnight after falling two sets to one down in his first-round match against Miomir Kecmanovic.
- Sinner joined Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as the only players to beat Djokovic three times in straight sets at a major (excluding retirements), earning revenge for Djokovic's five-set Australian Open semifinal win earlier this year.
- Friday's loss was only the third completed major match in Djokovic's career where he failed to break serve — and two of those three have now come against Sinner, the other being the 2024 Australian Open semifinals.
- Sinner will meet No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev, fresh off his first career major title at the French Open, in Sunday's final — Sinner owns a 10-4 head-to-head edge and has won their last nine meetings dating to 2024 Cincinnati.
- Sinner is bidding for his fifth Grand Slam title and, per ESPN Research, would join Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Świątek and Andy Murray as the only Open-era players to record their 100th major match win in a Slam final.
Why it matters: Sinner's straight-sets demolition underscores the generational handoff at the top of men's tennis: the 24-time major champion Djokovic has now lost four consecutive Wimbledons to players born after 2000, going 1-4 against Sinner or Alcaraz while undefeated against the rest of the field. A win Sunday gives Sinner his fifth major and 100th Grand Slam match win — a milestone that places him alongside Sabalenka, Świątek and Murray.
