Jannik Sinner needed to RAISE HIS LEVEL 🆚 Novak Djokovic to advance to the final 👏 | 2026 Wimbledon

He's always been a really gracious loser, I gotta say. Mutual respect there, but Yannick's inner superb just sweeps aside Djokovic and steps back into a Wimbledon final. Dominant, convincing, really suffocating, smothering Djokovic. Incredible effort by him. We'd sort of grown to expect it, so nice to see him back, you know, that was serious level that he just exhibited on center court. Djokovic arrived here, guys, as an 18-year-old qualifier at Wimbledon. If he comes back here, he'll be 40 years old, so as he steps out, we'll see if he lingers a bit. That he was resigned by the last half hour-ish of the match. If that's true, does he believe he can come back and contend against this guy and other young guys a year from now? No way of knowing, I know. How the body feels, how the mind feels, you know. Goes over to some of the Novak fans that were supporting him all tournament with the shirts. His little spin puts his hand to his heart. If I were a betting man, Chris, which I'm not, I will say he will be back. I think he still wants to keep playing. He thinks he can be competitive at this level. He wasn't today, but he's still taking some pretty darn good efforts by players to beat him in majors. He'll take a huge effort by Zverev. His center will go in a solid favor, but Zverev, the way he can serve, the losses to center have been in best of three. You could argue center even harder to beat in best of five, but give us a quick thought on the final. He lost to Fritz seven times in a row, different story all with center, but nine in a row. You think the way he's playing and sort of the weight off his shoulders, it's going to be interesting to see how well he does play. Exactly. What could be different? Well, it's a different Zverev, right? Having been a champion. Let's get center stocks in the match. Well, well played, Janik. How special is it to be back in a Wimbledon final again? Yeah, amazing. First of all, thanks for staying. Thanks for coming. The atmosphere has been always amazing since since the first day. And it means a lot to me that I that I can play one more final here. It's the most special tournament we have. And it means a lot to me. And of course, playing against Novak, you know that what he is still showing is true inspiration, not only for for you guys, but also for the new generation. What he's still doing is amazing. So you had to face a great rival in Novak Djokic today. How and when do you come up with the game plan to face him in such a big match? And what was the key? Yeah, I mean, we we always have very, very tough matches. And the last one he won in semis in Australia. So I tried to make a couple of adjustments, even though, you know, here on grass, it's very difficult. He had a very tough match, the last one against Felix, which we'll remember, I think, forever here in this in this arena. And and yeah, you know, I tried to stay quite aggressive serving very well, which helped me a lot today. And, you know, he's, from my point of view, the best returner we have in in our game. So I tried to not to mix up and and yeah, so I'm very happy about about today's performance. Absolutely. It must seem a long time ago you were taken to five sets in round one. Is your game where you want it to be right now? Yeah, I mean, the beginning of the tournament is always tough, you know, especially coming coming here. I feel like every round is different because of, you know, because of the grass, you know, it's changing a lot. So you need to adapt yourself. I knew mentally that today I had to raise my level, which I've done. So I'm very happy. I'm I'm glad that, you know, my team puts puts myself in the best possible position to perform in this way. And yeah, so, of course, I I'm happy where I am. I'm happy to be back in the finals. And of course, we hope for a good final on Sunday. We know you like your fashion. What's it like to play in front of so many fashion icons in the royal box? Yeah, it's nerve wracking. But in the same time, you know, the most important for me is to perform in the best possible way. And but we also try to to combine it, you know, with with the best possible outcome. But, you know, at the end of the day, I'm I'm a tennis player, so I try to put the ball in court as much as I can. And and yeah, so but we are standing in a good point. So I'm very happy. So thank you so much. And thanks, everyone, for coming. Thank you. Yannick Senna into Sunday's final. We wish you the very best of luck. Thank you. Firmly in charge on the court today and had had enough of the interview. It's time to move on and get ready for the championship match.