Plenty of balls continued to come back from the Serb in the rallies and, like in the second set, the pressure again told on Shapovalov as he lost serve for a 6-5 deficit. Three more break points went begging for Shapovalov at the start of the third set and, although he continued to ask questions, Djokovic always seemed to have the answers.

He does that really well,' said 2016 Wimbledon boys' champion Shapovalov. 'Novak does a really good job of putting pressure on when it's needed, and you feel it exactly in those moments. He was unable to serve out the opening set or then convert any of five break points - which all came in a 10-minute spell across two service games - that would have seen him take control of the second set. The left-handed Canadian came out swinging off both flanks, his heavy hitting rocking Djokovic and drawing wondrous gasps from the almost-capacity 15,000 crowd. He is a great player.' Djokovic extended his 100% winning record against Shapovalov to an eighth match We will see a lot of him in the future, definitely. 'I would like to give him a round of applause for all he has done this fortnight. He had most of the chances,' said Djokovic, who has reached his 30th Grand Slam final. 'I don't think the scoreline says enough about the match, he was serving for the first set, was probably the better player for the second set.

In his first major semi-final, Shapovalov did not deliver in the key moments - and that proved costly. The world number one needed all of his skill and spirit to see off 10th seed Shapovalov in an entertaining contest which had Centre Court gripped. Follow Friday's Wimbledon action live - TV, radio & textĭjokovic shows indomitable spirit to move closer to 20th Grand Slamįive-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic is now one more victory away from retaining the crown he won in 20, and therefore equalling the all-time men's record of 20 major victories set by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.īut it was far from a straightforward passage for the 34-year-old Serb.'I think I never dreamed about this because it was too much for a dream.' 'I need a couple of hours to understand what happened. 'I have no words, really,' Berrettini said. The 25-year-old is the first Italian man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1976. The Queen's champion used his big forehand and serve to good effect to reach his first Grand Slam final, with Sunday's showpiece taking place just hours before his nation take on England in football's Euro 2020 final. The seventh seed is the first Italian to reach the men's singles final. Berrettini earned a 6-3 6-0 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 win over Poland's Hubert Hurkacz.

Wimbledon final score