Jannik Sinner books first Wimbledon final vs. Carlos Alcaraz, defeats Novak Djokovic

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will face off in a second straight Grand Slam, their bourgeoning rivalry spanning across the Channel after the world No. 1 dispatched Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.

The reigning Australian Open and US Open champion won a second straight major semifinal against Djokovic, clinching a fifth straight victory over seven-time Wimbledon winner after one hour and 55 minutes on Centre Court.

Djokovic, who was in hot pursuit of a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title, suffered a fall and subsequent injury at the end of his four-set quarterfinal victory over Flavio Cobolli, and at times appeared hampered against Sinner, who has now reached four consecutive major finals.

“Obviously, body is not the same today like it was before, so I guess the real impact or effect of what happened I will feel tomorrow,” Djokovic predicted in his post-match press conference on Wednesday. “So, let's see. I'm hoping the next 24, 48 hours that the severity of what was happening on the court and what happened is not too bad, that I'll be able to play at my best and free of pain in two days.”

Sinner won their last meeting at Roland Garros in three tough sets, and has only dropped two sets through his first five matches—both coming during a dramatic fourth-round encounter with Grigor Dimitrov, who was ultimately forced to retire from the match due to a pectoral injury.

The Italian broke serve in the third game of the match and kept pressuring Djokovic on return, scoring a second break to secure the opening set in 33 minutes.

Djokovic’s struggles continued in the second set, dropping the first three games as Sinner took a 5-2 lead, moving towards an eighth straight set won against the Serb.

Though Djokovic dug out a marathon eighth game—saving a set point in the process—he was unable to make in-roads on Sinner’s serve and the 23-year-old top seed clinched a two-set lead.

Djokovic called the trainer between the second and third sets in the hopes of addressing the leg injury he picked up against Cobolli. Just when things appeared darkest, Djokovic caught fire and ripped through the first three games of the third. From losing 12 of 15 points, Sinner staved off a break point to avoid a 0-4 deficit and turned the tables on Djokovic by going on a five-game streak of his own.

Making a brave last stand, Djokovic saved two match points on serve but Sinner made no mistake when it came time to serve for the match, striking a 119 mile-per-hour first serve to set up three match points. Djokovic saved one more but Sinner ultimately edged over the finish line in under two hours.

Standing between Sinner and a first Wimbledon title is a familiar foe in Alcaraz, who just beat Sinner in the finals of Roland Garros. In what will likely be considered the best match of the 2025 season, Sinner held three match points at 0-40 on Alcaraz's serve before the Spaniard ultimately emerged victorious in a fith-set tiebreaker. Alcaraz leads their head-to-head 8-4 and has won their last five matches.

A two-time defending champion at SW19, Alcaraz won the first men's semifinal on Friday against American Taylor Fritz in four sets.