One player who has proclaimed having the faith of beating Novak Djokovic is 21-year-old Italian sensation Jannik Sinner.
Winning the Wimbledon is a dream and a goal for all top players on the tennis tour, but in the men’s tournaments, it has been something monopolized by record grand slam holder Novak Djokovic over the last few years. Djokovic will be gunning for a fifth consecutive Wimbledon title this month, and seeking to tie Roger
Federer with an eighth overall title. Beating Djokovic is a difficult task for a younger generation which plays fewer and fewer grass court tournaments every year: they lack the experience and tactical quality beating Djokovic on the surface requires, and there are very few players who would consider themselves capable of doing so.
Will Novak Djokovic be in for a surprise at Wimbledon 2023?(AFP)
Will Novak Djokovic be in for a surprise at Wimbledon 2023?(AFP)
One such player who has proclaimed having that faith in himself, however, is Italian sensation Jannik Sinner. Sinner, 21, pushed Djokovic all the way to five sets in the quarterfinals last year, and was competitive for much of it but ran out of steam, allowing the Serb to pull away with the result. “In terms of experience and confidence, Nole is certainly the favourite. There are few who can beat him. Either who serves really well, but has to do it for five sets, or who manages to vary the game a bit like Alcaraz, which he knows how to do very well,” said Sinner.
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Djokovic hasn’t lost at Wimbledon since 2017, when he was forced to retire against big-serving Tomas Berdych. The year before, he was beaten by another big server in American Sam Querrey. However, Sinner had faith in his game, having learned from his experience last year against the great Serb.