The toilet as a breaking point: Djokovic makes a comeback and advances to the Wimbledon semi-finals

Serbian Novak Djokovic reached the semi-finals of the prestigious Wimbledon tennis championship on Tuesday, having already won 26 consecutive victories in this tournament.

Last year’s Wimbledon champion Djokovic, the tournament’s top seed, defeated world number 13 Italian Yannick Sinner, who is only 20 years old, 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarter-final match. . This was already the 26th consecutive victory at Wimbledon for the number three in the ATP ranking.

Djokovic has won the previous three Wimbledon championships. True, in 2020 the tournament did not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Tuesday, Djokovic unexpectedly lost the first two sets and was on the edge of the abyss, but showed great performance and high psychological resilience in the next three. He finished the match with a dominant performance, breaking Sinner’s serve twice in the final set.

“There were two different matches in this match. Sinner was better than me in the first two sets, but then I went to freshen up a bit, went to the toilet and tried to cheer myself up by talking to myself in the mirror,” Djokovic revealed after the match. “I was lucky to break Sinner’s serve at the beginning of the third set – it gave me confidence. My experience helped me deal with the pressure. But the turning point was the bathroom break!”

Djokovic has reached at least the semi-finals for the 11th time in this tournament. In total, he has six Wimbledon championship trophies.

In the semi-finals, Djokovic will meet the host Cameroon Norrie. The 12th ranked racket of the world, who was given the ninth number in Wimbledon, also defeated the Belgian David Goffens (ATP 58) in a tough five-set battle with 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Norrie, 26, has reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time in his career. He had not reached this far in any “Grand Slam” tournament.

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On the other hand, German tennis player Tatjana Marija reached the semi-finals of the women’s tournament, who defeated Jelena Ostapenko, the first player of Latvia, in the round of 16. The athlete, who is ranked only 103rd in the world, won 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 over her compatriot Jūli Nīmaieri (WTA 97). 34-year-old Marija has reached the semifinals of a “Grand Slam” tournament for the first time in her career.

On Tuesday, the world’s second racket, Tunisian Onsa Jabert, also won the quarterfinals, beating the Czech Maria Bouzkova (WTA 66) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. This is also the first “Grand Slam” semi-final in her career for Jabera