withRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s lack of popularity Novak Djokovic One more thing, the current top tennis player can catch up with the records of the two big shots this Sunday (Sky 3pm). To this end, the 34-year-old hopes to get the support of 15,000 fans on the London Centre Court in the Wimbledon final against Italian Matteo Berrettini.
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Although the 25-year-old Berrettini will reach his first final in a Grand Slam tournament, Djokovic can win his 20th in the 30th final of one of the four most important events. Champions-so there are as many former champions Federer and former champions Federer.The one who was eliminated in the quarterfinals and disappeared in London Nadal.
“What does that mean to me. That’s why I’m here,” said the world’s number one player on Friday night after a difficult victory over Canadian Dennis Shapovalov in the semifinals. Of course, people also want to see outsiders win. “But I hope people will also recognize the importance of this game to me. History is at stake,” Djokovic said.
He defeated Berrettini, ranked ninth in the world, in two previous comparisons, including four weeks ago in the French Open clay court quarter-finals.Victory in a wonderful match against Paris record champion Nadal and the Greeks Stefanos Sisipas Djokovic then perfectly won his second French Open title and immediately thought of his next mission at Wimbledon.
Many criticisms of Djokovic
“Before I came to London, I had imagined that I would be in a very good starting position, fighting for another Grand Slam trophy. I have put myself in a very good position,” Djokovic Say. If the classic did not fail the previous year due to the corona pandemic, then Djokovic, who succeeded in 2018 and 2019, may have tied the Grand Slam record long ago, even himself.
He was disqualified in the previous U.S. Open when he knocked down a ball and accidentally hit a referee, which made him lose another chance to win and made him lose sympathy again. The unsuccessful trip to Adria he organized, during which he even contracted the coronavirus, had previously brought a lot of criticism to Djokovic-although from his own point of view, he only wanted good s things.
At Wimbledon, the front door gave birth Boris Becker Taciturn, almost resisting praise for his excellent statistics. Shapovalov emphasized that Djokovic has not received enough attention. After the very unfortunate 6:7 (3:7), 5:7, 5:7, the 22-year-old player congratulated him on the Internet and in the cabin, and he also told about Djokovic How to comfort him. “It means it’s important to me. He doesn’t have to do that.” If Djokovic were his mentor, he would be happy, and the world ranked twelfth jokingly explained: “That means he will stop playing. “
Djokovic didn’t even think of this. It was because the sixth Wimbledon victory gave him the opportunity to win all four Grand Slams in a year, the first since Australia’s Rod Laver in 1969. In addition, his goal is to win the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo. Only Steve Graff managed the Golden Slam in 1988. The 52-year-old has won 22 Grand Slam titles. The American Serena Williams is 23 years old, close to 40 years old, and is chasing the historical record of Australia’s Margaret Court, who has 24. Maybe these numbers are also interesting for Djokovic.
Ancient Italian success
Berrettini hopes to create big things for Italy before European football players play against England in the final at Wembley. This sports country participated in the single final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship for the first time. Nicola Pietrangeli in Paris in 1959 and 1960 and Adriano Panatta, who also played at the French Open, were the only Italians to win a Grand Slam. Panatta’s success can be traced back to 45 years ago. Not only the Italians will support the lovely Berrettini on Sunday.
