Wimbledon 2026 live updates: Men’s semifinals latest before Sinner vs. Djokovic, Zverev vs. Fery

The greatest male player in history surely spies an opportunity to win the 25th Grand Slam title of his career.

With no Alcaraz, one of the two main blockers to Djokovic winning an eighth Wimbledon is out of the way. Djokovic fell to João Fonseca at the French Open last month, but over the past couple of years, it’s generally been one of Alcaraz or Sinner who has stopped his pursuit of glory at majors.

Now Alcaraz is absent, and the sheen of invincibility of Sinner, who he faces today, is less glossy after his painful defeat to Cerúndolo at Roland Garros.

Djokovic has seven times as many Wimbledon titles as the rest of the men’s field combined, and he has long mastered the surface and its idiosyncrasies.

No one on the tour moves on grass like him, and no one employs the same kind of variety — the main question is whether his 39-year-old body can live with the rigors of seven best-of-five-set matches over the fortnight.

If he needs any kind of physical boost, Djokovic knows he might never get a better shot at No. 25.