Wimbledon Comprehensive: Reversal good show led by Lianlian Djokovic
2022-07-06 11:58:17Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, London, July 5th (Reporter Zhang Wei) The four singles quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on the 5th were all fought to the final set. Among them, the defending champion of men’s singles Djokovic contributed the most wonderful reversal. After being two sets behind, he defeated Italian star Sina 3:2 and continued to advance towards his seventh Wimbledon crown.
On one side is the top seed who has 20 Grand Slam titles, including three consecutive championships in the grass Grand Slam, and the other is a 20-year-old rookie who has reached No. 13 in the world, but has not yet reached the semi-finals of the Grand Slam. The fledgling Sinner showed an eye-catching performance following the opening. He went to two cities with 7:5 and 6:2, forcing the Serbs to apply for a “bathroom suspension” and cheer himself up in the mirror in the toilet.
“Fortunately, the Grand Slam is 3 wins in 5 sets, so that I have a chance to overtake.” Djokovic said following the game, he felt he had to make changes. “I didn’t play well enough and I didn’t feel good on the court. I was controlled by Sinner.”
Back on the field, Djokovic’s level of improvement is visible to the naked eye. With a break in the fourth game, he won the third set 6:3, and in the fourth set he regained his strength, started with 4:0, and finally won 6:2. In the deciding set, Sinner was defeated by a full-on Djokovic despite trying to adjust to find a way out. The 35-year-old Serb broke serve twice and ended the game 6:2.
Djokovic revealed that he went to the toilet to cheer himself up when he was two sets behind, and he did exactly the same thing in the French Open final last year. “When you’re feeling negative and depressed, even if it sounds a little fake, it really does work. Try to affirm yourself positively and ‘resurrect’ yourself.”
“It didn’t always work, but it worked today,” he said. At the French Open last year, he reversed Tsitsipas 3:2 to win the championship.
Djokovic will face England’s Norrie in the semi-final. The No. 9 seed, who had set a personal best in a Grand Slam, fell behind twice and tied twice that day, and finally won the final set 7:5, eliminating Belgian Goffin.
In the women’s singles field, 34-year-old Maria defeated Niemeyer, who was a round younger than herself, 4:6, 6:2 and 7:5 in the “German Civil War”. Maria, who has given birth to her second child and returned for less than a year, has eliminated three seeded players at Wimbledon. Next, she will compete with No. 3 seed and Tunisian Jabeur for a ticket to the final.
Jabeur, who won all of the first four games in straight sets, was challenged that day, but following losing the first set at 3:6, he still made a comeback with two 6:1 sets and sent away Bozkova of the Czech Republic.