Wimbledon today, quarter-finals, LIVE: Djokovic and a difficult duel against Sinner

Wimbledon opens its quarter-finals on Tuesday with a promising duel between Novak Djokovic, one of the best players in history, and Sinner Jannik, one of the great jewels of the new generation. The Serbian, maximum favorite and six times champion in the All of Englandand the Italian, 20 years old and number 13 in the ranking, will clash in the first round of the Central Court, at 9:30 in Argentina and with the TV stations of ESPN2 and Star +.

It will be the second duel between the two. The first was played in the second round of Montecarlo 2021 and ended with a win for the former number one 6-4 and 6-2.

“I have only positive things to say about Sinner’s game, we all know how talented he is, he’s already an established top player. I’ve seen him play on many surfaces in recent years, he’s maturing at every stage, I think he knows” I don’t feel a lot of pressure, which may happen to you when you are young, “said Djokovic about his rival.” He is very confident, he thinks he can beat anyone. Plus, he already has experience, he has won great games and he knows what it’s like to be in the top 10. I see a little bit of myself in his game of him. be a challenging match for both of us. “”.

Sinner also foresaw a difficult confrontation. “It will be a difficult match, without a doubt. Djokovic is playing very well. I will try to give my all. It is the least I can do. I will enjoy every moment on the pitch,” commented the Italian.

Djokovic comes from the defeat of the Dutch Tim van Rijthoven, 104th in the world and the great revelation of the season on grass. In his four presentations he gave up only two sets, one in that last match and another, on his debut against the South Koreans Soon woo Kwon.

freight35, he wants to add his fourth consecutive title at Wimbledon, where he hasn’t lost since the third round of the 2016 edition, and the 21st Grand Slam, to get closer to the record of 22 held today by Rafael Nadal.

Sinner, who fell in the round of 16 by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, fifth-seeded, in a clash of young stars, will play for the third time the quarter-finals of “great”. Even if it will be his debut of him in that case in London, where he has only played the once main drawinglast year, with a first round defeat.

The other duel on the day of the men’s draw will be played – around 10:30, on ESPN3 – by the British cameron norrieninth seeded, and the Belgian David Goffin, executioner of Sebastián Báez in the second round.

In the women’s draw, the highlight of the day will be the presentation of Ons Jabeurthird seed and, after the fall of Iga Swiatek e Anett Kontaveit, favorite for the title. The Tunisian, in search of her first Grand Slam, will face the Czech Maria Bouzkova66th in the standings, in the second round of the main court (from ESPN2), after the clash between Djokovic and Sinner.

World number two and champion this year in Madrid and Berlin (the latter, on grass), Jabeur will try to enter the semifinals of a tournament of this category for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, his rival has already signed his best all-time performance at this level, as he had never made it through the second round of a Major until this tournament.

The action of the women’s draw of the day will be completed by the duel of the German women between Tatjana Maria103rd in the standings and fell in the third round in favor of the Greek Maria Sakkar (5th), e Jules Niemeier, 97th and second round winner of Kontaveit (2nd). The Germans want to play for the first time in the rooms of a “big”, they will clash at 9 (from ESPN3) on field 1.