Winner this Friday of Cameron Norrie in the semi-final of Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic took the opportunity to afford a new record. He is the only player to have reached 32 Grand Slam finals.
He still offered a little hot shot at the start of the meeting. Less important than that of his quarter-final won in a snatch after being led two-sets-to-zero against Jannik Sinner. But this Friday against Cameron Norrie, Novak Djokovic again let slip the first set before finally winning in four sets. Enough to validate his ticket for the Wimbledon final. His thirty-second, all Grand Slams combined.
A record for the Serb since he passes Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, his eternal and prestigious rivals. Thirty-two finals for Djokovic is therefore better than the Swiss’s thirty-one, and even better than the Spaniard’s thirty-two. Once in the final, “Nole” wins twice out of three, he who has twenty Grand Slam titles to his credit, including six at Wimbledon. If he were to win on Sunday, he would return to one title from the record of twenty-two GCs currently held by Nadal.
2-0 for Kyrgios
And it is a challenge perhaps more complicated than it seems that awaits Novak Djokovic on the lawn of the center court of the London enclosure. The Serb will face the whimsical Nick Kyrgios. The two men have played two head-to-heads since becoming pros and each time it was the Australian who won in two straight sets. A nuance all the same, the two meetings date back to March 3 and 15, 2017.
