Djokovic eyes 11th Wimbledon semi-final, Jabeur seeks Arab breakthrough
Novak Djokovic targets an 11th Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday as Ons Jabeur, the last top 15 women's seed standing, eyes an Arab landmark performance. Top seed Djokovic will reach his 43rd Slam semi-final if he can defeat Jannik Sinner. The odds are stacked in Djokovic's favour with the Italian 20-year-old yet to get past the quarter-finals of a major. "I kind of see a little bit of myself in his game from the back of the court, playing flat backhand, constantly staying on the back of the line, trying to put pressure on opponents," said Djokovic.
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The Serb easily won the pair's only previous meeting in straight sets on clay in Monte Carlo last year. But beanpole Sinner impressively dismissed Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the last 16 on Sunday, saving all seven break points faced. Before this Wimbledon, he had never won a grass court match while physical frailties are never far away. He had to retire from his fourth-round match against Andrey Rublev at the French Open last month with a knee injury. In Miami, foot blisters forced a pull-out when facing Francisco Cerundolo while illness in Indian Wells meant he handed a walkover to Nick Kyrgios.
By making the last eight at Wimbledon, Sinner follows in the footsteps of Matteo Berrettini, who was runner-up to Djokovic last year. Berrettini was the first Italian man to reach the quarter-finals since Davide Sanguinetti in 1998. In Tuesday's other quarter-final, British ninth seed Cameron Norrie tackles Belgian David Goffin. Both men are attempting to make the semis of
