Top seed Novak Djokovic, who made his 41st Grand Slam semi-final, defeated Canadian Danis Shapovalov for the seventh time in his career and was in his seventh Wimbledon final on Friday.
Novak Djokovic maintained his unbeaten record against Denis Shapovalov with another master class performance (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Novak Djokovic defeated Denis Shapovalov 7: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5 in the second semifinals
- Djokovic will play his seventh Wimbledon final against Matteo Berrittini on Sunday
- Djokovic is chasing his 6th Wimbledon title and his 20th Grand Slam title
The number 1 in the world, Novak Djokovic, did his best in the men’s singles semifinals of Wimbledon 2021 on Friday to outclass Denis Shapovalov and achieve a hard-fought three-set victory on center court.
The top seed Djokovic, who played his 41st Grand Slam semi-final, defeated the 10th Canadian Shapovalov 7: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5 and reached his seventh final at the All England Club, where he played against the Italian Matteo Berrittini . will compete on Sunday.
Djokovic has won the championship five times in the past and will draw level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 20 Grand Slam titles if he defends his title on July 11th.
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The win extended Djokovic’s dominance over Shapovalov to 7-0 in a direct duel. The reigning Australian Open and Roland Garros champion Djokovic is applying for his third Grand Slam title in a row at Wimbledon.
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– Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2021
Djokovic was not at his peak on Friday and Denis Shapovalov showed highlights throughout the game, which spanned 2 hours and 44 minutes. At some points, it seemed like Shapovalov was jeopardizing Djokovic’s perfect Grand Slam record this season, but the Serb taught the young southpaw to move up at crucial moments.
Shapovalov started the semifinals by breaking Djokovic’s serve and serving for the first set but was unable to finish the set. The first set went to a tie-break and Shapovalov, who was playing his first Grand Slam singles semi-final, couldn’t even score a point on his serve.
Shapovalov did not drop his head and continued his aggressive style. He hit that one-handed backhand and made Djokovic work hard in the Serb’s service games.
But Djokovic showed his class and broke Shapovalov in the decisive final game. The third set followed a similar pattern as Djokovic had to walk around before holding his first service game in the third set.
Djokovic managed to keep up with Shapovalov, however, frustrating the Canadian who made 36 casual mistakes with a clear defeat compared to the world’s number 1 15.
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