Jannik Sinner Reveals Key Reasons Behind Turning Head-to-Head Rivalry Around Against Novak Djokovic After Reaching Wimbledon Final

Novak Djokovic had not lost a Wimbledon semifinal since 2017 until this Friday. The seven-time champion’s run was ended by World No. 1 Jannik Sinner . Sinner has now defeated Djokovic five times in a row, a feat that only Rafael Nadal had done before. The Italian, who reached his maiden Wimbledon final, has improved vastly on grass after facing defeat to Djokovic twice before in the tournament in the 2023 semifinal and 2022 quarterfinal.

At the age of 38, Djokovic has had a pretty strong run in Grand Slams this year, reaching the semifinal of all of them. However, given his age, he isn’t able to keep up with strong competitors like Sinner, who also defeated the 24-time Grand Slam champion last month in the Roland Garros semifinal to reach his maiden clay court major final. Speaking about this turnaround, the 23-year-old at the press conference remarked:

I started to play with Novak when I was very young. You try to gain this experience and learning process. because what you can learn in matches, you cannot produce it in practice sessions… For me every match against him, and not only against him…Obviously with Novak it’s very difficult to find things where he struggles. Of course getting better physically helped a lot. It means you don’t rush to go out of a longer rally. I feel like now that I feel much more comfortable in that…