Wimbledon, Sinner-Djokovic when to play: endless relay, but this time it counts double

Wimbledon, July 11, 2025 – Jannik Sinner versus Novak Djokovic is the second semifinal of this Wimbledon 2025. It will be played on Center Court and the start is tentatively set for 4:10 pm, although this time is strictly linked to the duration of the first semifinal, which will see Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz face off and which will start at 2:30 pm.

The latest from their respective staffs says that the South Tyrolean trained with Pierluigi Basile yesterday and literally wore out the eighteen-year-old tennis player from Puglia . The Italian was wearing the elastic brace he wore against Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals, but everything suggests that the problems with his right elbow are on the way to being resolved and that against the Serbian champion he will be able to count on being in better physical shape than he was on Wednesday afternoon. "Today's training session was very calm," Sinner explained, "and it helped me get back into good shape ahead of the match against

Djokovic. "It's always a tough match against Novak, and facing him is always special, but also very difficult. Playing in a Slam semifinal is always great, I hope to play well." Different signals are coming from the Serbian, who yesterday canceled his scheduled practice on Court 2 at Aorangi Park ahead of today's match. This absence is likely linked to yesterday's fall in the match against Flavio Coboll . "It was a bad fall," Djokovic said Wednesday after the match. "I haven't slipped yet this year, and it's strange. With my style of play, my movements, and the way I slide, I fall sometimes. We'll check the situation with the physiotherapists, I hope everything will be fine in a couple of days."

Although Nole has won 44 of his last 46 matches at Wimbledon, the two defeats came in the 2023 final and last year, again against Alcaraz, the precedents favor Sinner 5-4. Today's meeting will be the tenth between the two . The first three went to Djokovic, then came Jannik's first success, the Serbian's immediate revenge , and then 4 consecutive victories for the South Tyrolean. The first in the 2023 Davis Cup semifinal (6-2 2-6 7-5), followed by the semifinal of the 2024 Australian Open (6-1 6-2 6-7 6-3) and in the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000 (7-6 6-3). Finally a month ago in the Roland Garros semifinal, with a 6-4 7-5 7-6.

Both are battling for a significant milestone today: the Italian has never reached a Wimbledon final, while the Serbian is aiming for his 25th slam. From a mental toughness standpoint, it's a battle between two giants , even if the two, one recently in Rome and Paris, the other a little later here at Wimbledon, ultimately had to contend with Alcaraz's winning bravado.