At the All England Club, he has blasted his way to the final on the back of a tournament-leading 101 aces.īerrettini also boasts the second fastest serve so far, 223.7kmh in his first round win over Guido Pella of Argentina. But he is on a run of 11-0 this season on grass having won the Queen’s Club event on the eve of Wimbledon. He has lost both his previous encounters with Djokovic, including the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last month. Victory will make him Italy’s first male Slam champion since Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French Open. Giving up is never an option.” Djokovic can also win an 85th career title on Sunday while his on-court earnings break through the $150 million mark.īerrettini, the 25-year-old world number nine, is the first Italian ever to make a singles final at Wimbledon. I am trying to take out the maximum of my own abilities every single match and see what happens.

“There is no holding back once you step out on the court, particularly in the later stages of an event that I always dreamt of winning,” said Djokovic after a 20th successive grass court win. Shapovalov was so distraught at the failure of his all-out assault that had pushed Djokovic to the brink that he left Centre Court in tears. Obviously experience is on my side.”ĭjokovic needed all that experience and famed iron will to see off Denis Shapovalov in the semi-finals where he saved 10 of 11 break points. “I imagined myself being in a position to fight for another Grand Slam trophy prior to coming to London. The victory in Paris made him just the third man to win all four majors more than once. That’s why I’m playing,” said Djokovic who has already captured a ninth Australian Open and second French Open in 2021. Only Federer, with 31, has appeared in more championship matches at the majors but the fading Swiss star is more than five years older. The 34-year-old is in his seventh Wimbledon final and 30th at the Slams. Djokovic will move level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on career majors with victory and also go three-quarters of the way to the first calendar Slam in more than half a century. Novak Djokovic admits “it will mean everything” to capture a sixth Wimbledon title and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam on Sunday but he will have to overcome Matteo Berrettini, the Italian slugger with the build of a heavyweight boxer. Despite finding himself in advantageous positions, he hasn’t been able to close out games. This is an exhibition from Djokovic on how to minimise errors. Berrettini held for 5-3 after a marathon game and broke Djokovic in the next game. The Italian leads 7-6 (4), using an ace to convert his first set point. SET 1: Matteo Berrettini has won the first set of the Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic after saving a set point when trailing 2-5. WATCH LIVE: Wimbledon 2021 Final – Djokovic vs Berrettini

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