Wimbledon final will be first against second - Siner easily against Djokovic

In the final of the world championship on Sunday at 17 pm on Central Court, the first will play against the second favorite - the defending champion at Wimbledon and the first skeleton player, Italian Janik Siner against German Alexander Zverev.

Siner was better than the seventh seed and in two hours and 20 minutes of play, he defeated Novak Djokovic in the semifinals - (6:4, 6:4, 6:4), while the second favorite also easily defeated the "guy from the neighborhood" and the most pleasant surprise of the tournament, Briton Arthur Ferry, 114th on the ATP list, in three sets.

The Italian dominated against the Serbian veteran. Djokovic missed his first break point chance when he missed a serve after a poor short serve from Siner midway through the second set. He had his only break point chance in the fourth game of the third set, but Siner served brilliantly and saved the game.

Djokovic failed to recover from an epic semifinal with third seeded Canadian Felice Auger-Aliassime, which was the longest in the history of the oldest tournament at five hours and 15 minutes of play. On the other hand, Siner's path opened up, leaving Djokovic the only seed on his way to the final.

Siner had twice as many aces - 16:8, winners 40:26, and unforced errors 15:23. The Italian made three of 13 break points!

But the Italian had an incomparably easier path - his highest-ranked previous rival was the 48th-ranked tennis player on the ATP list. In the quarterfinals, the German Struff was 74th on the ATP, previously the Japanese Moshizuki (151st ATP), the American Brooksby (81st ATP), the Portuguese Borges (48th ATP), and the Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanović from 50th place managed to reach two sets in the first round, the only one that the Italian lost.

"Unbelievable. First of all, thank you to Novak for staying on the tour and coming here! The atmosphere was incredible from the first day of the tournament. It means a lot to me that I can play another final here. It's the most special tournament we have. Of course, playing against Novak, what he still shows is a real inspiration, not only for us, but also for the new generations. What he still does is incredible. Unbelievable! We always have very, very difficult matches. The previous one, he won in the semi-final in Australia," Siner emphasized and added:

"I tried to make some adjustments, although it's very difficult here on grass. He had, however, a very difficult match against Felix, who I think we will remember forever here in this arena. I tried to stay quite aggressive, serving very well, which helped me a lot today. From my point of view, he is the best opponent we have in our game. So I tried to combine. I am very happy with today's performance," said the most successful Italian tennis player in history, who will turn 25 on August 16.

In addition, Siner played admirably, reminding us of the dominance he demonstrated from the Australian Open, when he was defeated by Djokovic, to the heavy defeat at Roland Garros by Argentine Juan Manuel Serundolo (2:3), even though he had the serve to decide the match 3:0. Cramps due to the heat on the Parisian clay were stronger than the world's number one.

However, today he had a great serve and controlled the ball well, which he stressed he needed in the semi-finals. The weather conditions were not a problem either, due to the low humidity at Wimbledon.

On the other hand, veteran 39-year-old Djokovic will inherit two records from this year's edition - 107 wins and the Wimbledon record in men's competition and the longest semi-final in the history of the unofficial world championship. In addition, of course, the most Grand Slam semi-finals in history.