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Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz meet again in Wimbledon final blockbuster

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Novak Djokovic swept past Lorenzo Musetti on Friday to book a second successive Wimbledon final against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and move one win away from a record-setting 25th Grand Slam title. Just five weeks after undergoing knee surgery, seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic reached his 10th final at the All England Club with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 win over the Italian 25th seed.

third set, pocketing the only break in the third game.Medvedev, who had knocked out world number one Jannik

Sinner in the quarter-finals, retrieved a break early in the fourth set.


All set: 184 Olympic tennis players announced

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The ITF has announced the final list of tennis players who will compete at the Olympic Games. The five events will take place during Wimbledon this Friday. There will be representatives from 41 countries, the tournament will last nine days and will be played on twelve courts. Alexander Zverev will be defending his title, but Bencic will not as she is on maternity leave.

World number one Jannik Sinner (Italy) and Iga Swiatek (Poland) are on the list, as is Novak Djokovic

Murray (ITF)Greece: Stefanos TsitsipasHungary: Fabian Marozsan, Marton FucsovicsIndia: Sumit NagalItaly: Jannik

Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi, Luciano DarderiJapan: Kei Nishikori, Taro DanielKazakhstan:

BorgesSerbia: Novak Djokovic, Dusan LajovicSwitzerland: Stan Wawrinka (ITF)Tunisia: Moez Echargui (ITF)Janik Sinner

Sriram BalajiItaly: Andrea Vavassori / Simon Bolelli, Jannik Sinner / Lorenzo MusettiKazakhstan: Alexander


Novak Djokovic: Missing Wimbledon would not have been 'correct'

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Novak Djokovic said Saturday it would not have been "correct" to miss Wimbledon despite having undergone knee surgery just over three weeks ago. The 37-year-old Serb, who is looking to equal Roger Federer's record of eight Wimbledon titles and become the oldest champion of the modern era, said he was driven by his "incredible desire to play and compete".

He has seen 22-year-old Jannik Sinner take his Australian Open crown as well as his world number one


Ahead of Wimbledon, Alcaraz loses at Queen's, Sinner advances in Halle

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second round of the Queen's tournament on Thursday, where he was defending his title, while Italy's Jannik

Sinner, the world number one, reached the quarter-finals in Halle.

(Monday 1-Sunday 14 July), the world's top tennis players have had mixed results.Top-ranked Italian Sinner

67 minutes.With a packed Centre Court on hand to see the first Italian ever top the world rankings, Sinner

Sinner has bounced back after losing to Alcaraz at Roland Garros."


Jannik Sinner to play singles and doubles at Paris Olympics

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Newly-crowned world number one Jannik Sinner will play singles as well as doubles alongside Lorenzo Musetti

Sinner will compete at an Olympics for the first time on the clay courts of Roland Garros where he made

making him the youngest player to be that high at the end of the year since Nadal in 2003.Top-ranked Jannik

Sinner will compete in both singles and doubles at the #ParisOlympics, the Italian tennis federation

In doubles, the Sinner-Musetti pairing will be joined by French Open runners-up Andrea Vavassori and


The new king of France is Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal's heir

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Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz fought hard to beat Alexander Zverev in the Roland Garros final, triumphing in five sets. Rafael Nadal's successor won his first French Open title and his third Grand Slam, becoming the youngest player to win all three surfaces at major tournaments.

title against Novak Djokovic last year and the 2022 US Open, Alcaraz and the world number one, Italian Jannik

Sinner, represent the renewal of the Big Three (a nickname for perhaps the greatest generation of players


Amelie Mauresmo defends prime time snub of women's tennis

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Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has defended the decision to schedule only men’s matches in the evening sessions at this year’s French Open, despite the resulting backlash.

That is because following Carlos Alcaraz's victory over Jannik Sinner in five sets in the first men's


Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev: First Roland Garros final showdown

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The Spaniard defeated Sinner in an intense semi-final that lasted more than four hours.

Both defeated Jannik Sinner and Casper Ruud respectively in the semi-finals on Friday.Both the Spaniard

The first, between Carlos Alcaraz andJannik Sinner, was dubbed the early final by the pundits.

The hardest I've played in my short career against Jannik, who I hope to play many more times," said

Sinner, 22, was resigned after his defeat.

It appears that Sinner has overcome the hip problems that forced his withdrawal from the Rome Masters


Successful operation puts Novak Djokovic on track for Olympics

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Novak Djokovic's operation went well, according to the man himself, and despite there being no return date, there is an array of optimism that he will be fit enough to participate at the upcoming Olympics this summer.

He will be surpassed by the Italian player and widely-popular fan favourite, Jannik Sinner, who will


Novak Djokovic set to miss Wimbledon despite "successful" knee surgery

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Novak Djokovic underwent "successful" surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus, according to Serbian news outlet SportKlub. While recovery should take around three weeks, the 24-time Grand Slam champion is highly unlikely to be able to play Wimbledon.

Garros not only ended his title defence but also cost him the world number one ranking, with Italy's Jannik

Sinner set to claim the top spot on Monday.


Nole says no-go to Roland Garros

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His unexpected ‘adieu’ means that Jannik Sinner will become Italy's first men's world number one next

speedy recovery 🧡 pic.twitter.com/Ilb6HynTzw— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 4, 2024Besides Ruud, Sinner

top of the rankings.Djokovic arrived at the tournament with his status at the top under threat from Sinner


Introducing Jannik Sinner's super fans - the "Carota Boys"

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rising presence at Grand Slam tournaments, echoing the stature of their idol, Australian Open champion Jannik

Sinner.

All will be in attendance as Sinner goes up against Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the second round of

 Even Sinner himself has remarked, “they are becoming more famous than me.”

Remarkably, it all began years ago when one group member noticed Sinner eating a carrot during a changeover

dressed as carrots, we had tickets for just one day of the tournament and we were lucky enough that Jannik

The group have revealed the reasoning behind their costume decision is purely down to Sinner eating a


Novak Djokovic hit by bottle while signing autographs at Rome Open

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While greeting fans at the end of his match against Corentin Moutet, Novak Djokovic was accidentally hit by a plastic bottle. He was accompanied by security and left the Centre Court with a superficial wound and some bleeding, with his injuries deemed not serious.

The Serbian's absence would also be a blow to the organisation, given Italian Jannik Sinner, ranked second


Rublev, despite feeling 'almost dead', wins Madrid Open against Auger-Aliassime

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Rublev is going through a rather difficult health situation. He even had to have an injection to relieve pain in his finger and foot. Despite this, he managed to win the Madrid Open on Sunday, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to claim his second title of the year despite battling illness.

His quarter-final opponent Jannik Sinner withdrew with a hip injury.


Jannik Sinner, World number 2, will only play at Roland Garros if he's "100 per cent"

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Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner said on Sunday that he will only play at the French Open

"I will only play at Roland Garros if I am 100 per cent fit," Sinner told a press conference in Rome

Sinner added that he would be sidelined for "a week, a week and a half", with a record of 28-2 this season

Although he's not a clay-court specialist, Sinner would have been one of the favourites for the Rome

Sinner joins world number three Carlos Alcaraz in withdrawing from the event in the Italian capital.