Novak Djokovic could reach his seventh Wimbledon final on Friday, fueled by a desire to claim a sixth title at the All England Club and equalize his 20th Grand Slam title. The world number one will be a strong contender to beat semi-final opponent Denis Shapovalov, a Canadian whom he has already beaten six out of six times.
The match between Berrettini vs Hurkacz is expected to be very interesting. Berrettini is the little favorite but in this tournament, Herkaz has shown that he can sneak in through the back door.
BERRETTINI VS HURKACZ
Berrettini is the first Italian player to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since Nicola Pietrangeli in 1960. Adriano Panetta remains his country’s last men’s champion at the Slam at the 1976 French Open. Berrettini, however, has a game built for grass, and arrived at Wimbledon with the coveted Queen’s Club title under his belt. The 25-year-old world number nine is only making her third Wimbledon appearance but saved 20 break points from 25 to reach the semi-finals on 79 aces of the tournament.
Harkaz is only the second Polish man to make the last four at Wimbledon after Jerzy Janowicz in 2013. The 24-year-old’s run in the semifinals is impressive as he won just one match on the tour in the midst of his stunning Miami Masters title. In March and the start of Wimbledon.
Djokovic vs Shapovalov
Djokovic is playing his 10th semifinal at Wimbledon and 41st at the Majors. None of the other three have ever been at this level of Wimbledon. Only Berrettini has tasted the experience of a semifinal at the Grand Slam at the 2019 US Open.
Apart from dropping the first set of his opener against British wildcard Jack Draper, Djokovic has been in no trouble. Djokovic has missed serve only four times at Wimbledon this year and has faced only 15 break points. In another sign of her growing dominance in slam races, since the start of 2015, she has won 15 of the 16 major semi-finals she has fought.
Friday’s win will not only take him closer to his sixth Wimbledon title but also become the third person in history to complete a calendar Grand Slam. This is a feat so rare that it has not been achieved since Rod Laver won all four majors in the same year for the second time in 1969.
Stylish left-hander Shapovalov has reached his first Slam semi-final after seeing two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and eighth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, the 2019 semifinalist. In the quarterfinals, the 22-year-old had to mix style and steel to see off Karen Khachanov of Russia in five sets.
On Friday, he will need to crank up his service game, which has 60 aces so far, to the max. Prior to this year, Shapovalov had won only one match at Wimbledon, while his best Grand Slam performance was a run in the US Open quarterfinals last year.
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