Right, that’s it from us for today.Many thanks for your company.I’ll be back tomorrow for the women’s final between Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova, while Daniel will return on Sunday for Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz part XIII.Make sure you join us then.Bye!Here’s Tumaini’s match report:When Novak Djokovic strode on to Centre Court for a second contest with Jannik Sinner in barely over a month, the narrative had long been set.

This was surely one of the 24-time grand slam champion’s last chances for a potential major victory, a challenge that will only become more difficult as he ages even further away from his physical peak while Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz move closer to their own.For the ensuing two hours on court, Sinner made it clear just how punishing that challenge already is as he completely dismantled a weakened Djokovic, the sixth seed, with his nuclear weight of shot and unimpeachable defence as he reached the Wimbledon final for the first time in his career with a dominant 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win.A month after suffering the most devastating loss of his career, holding triple championship point against Alcaraz in the French Open final before losing in five crushing sets, Sinner has shown off his mental fortitude and resilience by picking himself back up and immediately making his way through to yet another final.Sinner, the world No 1, will have a chance to avenge that defeat at the earliest possible moment as he faces Alcaraz once again after the Spaniard defeated Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6).As their combined grip on men’s tennis continues to strengthen, Alcaraz and Sinner will be the second pair of players in the open era to contest the men’s finals at the French Open and Wimbledon in back to back years, which Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer achieved for three consecutive years between 2006 and 2008.

Sinner also extends his run of dominance over Djokovic to five straight wins and he has not lost to the 24-time grand slam champion since 2023.He is the sixth player in the open era to reach four consecutive men’s singles grand slam finals, joining a distinguished list of all-time greats: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi and Rod Laver.Every new grand slam tournament underlines his desperation to become a legend of the game in his own right.Before the match, Djokovic said he felt confident about his tennis level after their tight three set match in the French Open semi-finals.At 38 years old, his physical preparedness for a best of five set battle with the No 1 was less certain.

While Sinner’s bandaged elbow looked in great shape after his freakish fourth round match against Grigor Dimitrov, Djokovic had skipped practice on Thursday after suffering a heavy fall on match point in his quarter-final win against Flavio Cobolli.You can read the rest here.And this from the press room, where Djokovic has come in much sooner than expected: he says he doesn’t want to call it a day, and hopes to return to Wimbledon “at least one more time … I’m just trying to make the maximum out of what I have left … when I’m fit I can still play good tennis”.Huge props to him if he manages that, he’ll be 39 by next year’s tournament, but let’s see if his body holds up.Playing the generation game when the odds are stacked against him is only going to get harder, even if his heart wants to carry on.

Another result for you: Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko are into the women’s doubles final after defeating the defending champions Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend 7-5, 6-4.They’ll play Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens for the title on Sunday.As for Djokovic, he now has to deal with the cruel reality of time catching up with him.He said this Wimbledon represented his greatest chance to ever claim slam No 25, but the truth is he hasn’t won a slam since 2023 when he was 36.Federer and Nadal were also 36 when they won their last major titles.

Having ruled at the top of the game together, it now looks as if they’ll end up going out in the same way too.So the Italian dreaming of his first Wimbledon title has ruthlessly seen off the man who so desperately wanted that eighth.Sinner now has the chance to win his first grand slam away from hard courts.It’s a fourth major final in a row for the Australian Open and US Open champion.And a fifth win on the spin against Djokovic.

Perhaps Sinner will still be a little wounded from that French Open final against Alcaraz – how could he not be – but on the other hand Sunday’s final does offer him a very swift chance for redemption.“I could never imagine I’d play here in the finals,” says Sinner.“It shows I’m growing as a player in all surfaces.I struggled a lot five years ago when I started on this surface.Now I’m moving much better.

Me and my team are trying to work every day with a good purpose.It’s amazing.”And what about facing Alcaraz again, in a repeat of that almost neverending French Open final, when Sinner was two sets to love up and had three championship points but lost? “We saw the last final – you never know [what will happen],” he says, smiling.“It’s an honour to share the court with Carlos again.We try to push ourselves to the limit.

Hopefully it’s going to be a good match like the last one, but I don’t know if it can be better because I don’t think it’s possible!”It's a maiden #Wimbledon final for Jannik Sinner 💥The Italian defeats Novak Djokovic with a dazzling 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory to line up a Sunday afternoon meeting with Carlos Alcaraz 🤝Just world No.1 doing world No.1 things 😅 pic.twitter.com/jObVzUdMqAIt's been a pleasure to watch your tennis at #Wimbledon this year, Novak 👏Congratulations on your run at The Championships 2025 ✨ pic.

twitter,com/nnjteBGoKkThe umpire calls time,Could this be time on Djokovic’s Wimbledon career too? If does feel like a definitive changing of the guard; the ailing former champion no longer able to keep up with the world No 1,Yes, he’s clearly injured today, but it’ll only get harder for him to drag his body back for more,15-0, 30-0, 40-0, three match points.

Sinner blinks and nets his forehand.It’s only the briefest of blips, though, because Sinner then sends his serve out wide and Djokovic seems ready to shake hands before Sinner’s winner even lands in the open court! Now the crowd are finally giving Sinner the applause he deserves; he’s into his first Wimbledon final.And we’ve got ourselves a repeat of that French Open final against Alcaraz.But it’s not long before they’re cheering Djokovic again, as he departs to a standing ovation and warm applause from Sinner; perhaps his final exit on the court where he reigned supreme seven times.Third set: Sinner* 6-3, 6-3, 5-4 Djokovic (*denotes next server)The only victory for Djokovic today, perhaps, is that ironically he’s got the love he always craved from the Centre Court crowd; they’re cheering his every point (of which admittedly there haven’t been too many).

They’re urging him on with all their force when Djokovic slips 30-40, match point, down.It works: Djokovic saves it with a gutsy serve.And then a second match point with an ace! And the 38-year-old lives to fight another day (or most likely one more game).Because Sinner now gets the chance to serve this out.Third set: Sinner 6-3, 6-3, 5-3 Djokovic* (*denotes next server)Apart from that break at the start of this set, it’s been unrelenting from Sinner.

And from 40-15, he closes out the game with a backhand winner, and Djokovic doesn’t even chase it down.He knows he’s beaten.That’s fifth game in a row for Sinner.Sinner breaks: Sinner* 6-3, 6-3, 4-3 Djokovic (*denotes next server)A classic one-two punch straight from the coach’s textbook rounds off a comfortable hold for Sinner.And an email from Paul Griffin: “Agassi is the tennis’s greatest raconteur isn’t he? ‘The greatest problem was not breaking Boris Becker’s serve.

The greatest problem was hiding from Boris Becker that I knew how to break his serve.’”I remember being absolutely blown away by Agassi at the first overseas slam I covered, back at the 2004 US Open (I’m showing my age now).I’d never seen anyone able to command a room of the hacks in the way he did.Hopefully his turn in the BBC commentary box today won’t be his last.Let’s get him back for the final.

That would make an Alcaraz v Sinner final even more of an occasion, and it looks as if that’s what we’re getting when Sinner steps it up and breaks to 15.Sinner breaks: Sinner* 6-3, 6-3, 2-3 Djokovic (*denotes next server)My wifi, much like Sinner’s serve, has given up on me.So apologies, I can’t tell you all of what happened, but Sinner breaks to 15.It was loose from Djokovic, though, and there was a missed overhead and another shot into the net.Djokovic is cursing in Serbian as he sits down at the changeover.

Johnny Mac pleads for some AI translation.We’ve got AI line calls now, so why not? He must be furious with himself (Djokovic I mean, not JM): he worked so hard to get back into this and he’s handed his third-set advantage back.Third set: Sinner 6-3, 6-3, 1-3 Djokovic* (*denotes next server)Djokovic even has the chance for a double break here, at 0-30, as Sinner’s first serve deserts him.How quickly a tennis match can change.And 0-30 turns into 30-40.

Djokovic took his only other break point in this match – what about this? Sinner works his way to the net on the break point, ramping up the pressure … and finally dispatching the winning smash.Deuce.And from there Sinner survives.Third set: Sinner* 6-3, 6-3, 0-3 Djokovic (*denotes next server)Stupid us: we should know from Djokovic’s career that it’s foolish to write him off.And he backs up the break by holding to 15.

If Djokovic can maintain this momentum, will Sinner’s scar tissue from last month’s French Open final, when he was two sets and then three championship points up against Alcaraz, start to show? Sinner did also, by the way, lead Djokovic by two sets to love at Wimbledon in 2022 before losing.Sinner, of course, is an entirely different opponent now, but if Djokovic keeps asking the questions, perhaps some fault lines will appear.Djokovic breaks: Sinner 6-3, 6-3, 0-2 Djokovic* (*denotes next server)Agreed Simon.Assuming Djokovic loses this from here, will he still have the energy to get his body ready for another tilt at the title in 12 months? I’m not so sure.And will he want to come back if he doesn’t think he has a genuine chance of winning an eighth Wimbledon? Time catches up with all of us in the end, even the GOAT.

Which I think he still will be, even if he doesn’t get to that elusive slam No 25; he’s won more than Nadal and Federer, after all, and will hopefully get the credit he deserves, whenever he does call it a day, for what he did to not only upset but then outdo the established order.But just as I’m writing his Wimbledon eulogy, Djokovic holds and then has a break point, when Sinner misses with a wild shot! Sinner then nets! Perhaps there’s life in the old champion yet.Despite being totally outplayed so far, Djokovic hasn’t been in visible pain during the points, though, of course, it’s impossible to know how he’s feeling.And an email from Simon McMahon.“Hi Katy.

I think we could be watching Djokovic’s last match at Wimbledon.This really does feel like the end of an era, a changing of the guard.If it is, I’m sure he can look forward to receiving a heroes welcome when he returns to SW19, which sadly is not something I think he ever received when he was battling Federer, Nadal and Murray.It’s not his fault he was the greatest in an era of greats.But he truly was great.

Though I think even he knows the game is up,Oh, and I agree about Agassi on comms during the previous semi,He was sensational,”Sinner shows he can sometimes be human by opening the game with a double fault,But a 15-shot rally, predictably, ends in Sinner’s favour, as Djokovic, keen to get it over with, puts too much into his backhand.

15-all.30-15.40-15.And Sinner brutally settles it with an ace.Djokovic has called for the trainer.

With Sinner scorching through the sets in this Wimbledon sauna, a dizzied Djokovic is probably seeing stars in his eyes.But the timeout seems to be for the thigh adductor injury he suffered in that nasty slip in the closing stages of his quarter-final on Wednesday.Second set: Sinner* 6-3, 5-3 Djokovic (*denotes next server)0-15.0-30.Sinner just isn’t missing.

He’s giving Djokovic a taste of his 2015 medicine.Djokovic’s 11-year-old son Stefan winces in the box.Djokovic recovers to 30-all.But a vicious forehand pass down the line from Sinner leaves Djokovic rooted on the spot.30-40, set point Sinner, which would leave the Italian serving first in the third set