- Novak Djokovic is targeting a fifth successive Wimbledon men's singles title
- Jannik Sinner has won at least a set in eight of his last 10 matches
- Recommended bet: Novak Djokovic to win and Jannik Sinner to win a set

It is crunch time at Wimbledon with a potentially captivating men's singles semi-final on the cards on Centre Court when seven-time winner Novak Djokovic clashes with promising eighth seed Jannik Sinner.

Djokovic has already shown he can hold off the next generation of stars with wins over Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev in the last two rounds at the All England Club but should be wary of Sinner, who has dropped just two sets on his way to the last four.

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Djokovic has been in scintillating form throughout 2023, winning 27 of his 31 matches and claiming both the Australian Open and French Open titles.

He is bidding to win his fifth successive Wimbledon crown and, in doing so, would draw level with the legendary Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam titles.

Sinner, meanwhile, is 37-10 on the ATP tour this season and if he defies all expectations and wins Wimbledon, he would become the joint-highest Italian in the history of the ATP rankings, moving up to fourth.

The 21-year-old's serve worked wonders in his quarter-final with Roman Safiullin as he struck 14 aces and won 43 out of a possible 48 points on his first serve.

Prediction

Djokovic has not lost a match on Wimbledon's Centre Court since 2013 and it is a bold move to oppose him at the grass-court major.

The Serbian has won each of the last four men's singles titles at SW19 and has shown no signs of slowing down this year, hoovering up the first two Grand Slams of the season and losing only four matches in 2023.

He breezed through the first three rounds at the All England Club, beating Pedro Cachin, Jordan Thompson and Stan Wawrinka without dropping a set and he looks a solid selection to see off Sinner.

That said, Djokovic's last two matches have been tougher. He dropped sets against both Hurkacz and Rublev and his match with the former featured a total of 48 games, including two tiebreaks.

He can again be expected to be pushed close by Sinner, who has dropped only two sets himself at Wimbledon this year and should be competitive.

The Italian reached the quarter-finals at S-Hertogenbosch and at the Halle Open as part of his Wimbledon preparations.

And, although Djokovic leads the head-to-head 2-0, the last meeting between the players was in last year's Wimbledon quarter-finals when Sinner took Djokovic to five sets, having actually established a two-set advantage.

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