Djokovic cancels Wimbledon practice
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The Wimbledon men's singles semi-finals take place at the All England Club on Friday. If ever a Grand Slam semi-final involving Spain's Carlos Alcaraz could be described as a warm-up act that could be a fair description of his clash with American Taylor Fritz in the opening match on Centre Court.
The 38-year-old overcame a first-set loss to take a 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Italian Flavio Cobolli to advance to the semifinals for the 14th time at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. Djokovic has now reached the final four at Wimbledon more than any other men's tennis player, surpassing Roger Federer on Wednesday.
A “private” conversation between the Queen and tennis star Novak Djokovic covered the Queen’s stay at one of his properties in Montenegro. The Queen, 77, attended Wimbledon on Wednesday and caught up with the multi-Grand Slam winner ahead of watching the men’s quarter-finals from the Royal Box on Centre Court.
La classe de Flavio Cobolli qui vient rendre sa raquette à Novak Djokovic et vérifier si le Serbe va bien après sa grosse glissade sur sa deuxième balle de match, à 5-4, 40-30. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/SpUYI0LImC
He passed Roger Federer, who has made the final four of Wimbledon 13 times. Jimmy Connors has 11 appearances followed by Boris Becker with 9. It's another key record that adds to Djokovic's case as the best player to ever grace Wimbledon Centre Court.
Novak Djokovic is still in the hunt for his 25th career Major title when he takes on No. 22 seed Italian Flavio Cobolli for a spot in the semifinals.
Camilla attended the tennis tournament on Wednesday, July 9, where she met with Novak Djokovic and Billie Jean King before watching quarterfinals action
Novak Djokovic's previous comments about equal pay in professional tennis have resurfaced after Emma Raducanu revealed her stance ahead of this year's Wimbledon. The topic of equal prize money and the significant gap between earnings of male and female players in professional tennis has been raised on numerous occasions over the years.