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After two thrilling semi-finals, we are in front of the last two men at Wimbledon, with Kevin Anderson and Novak Djokovic marking the grail of tennis in tonight's final (AEST).
Djokovic had to endure three marathon matches in five sets just to reach the final.
Anderson, the first man representing his country to reach the final at Wimbledon in nearly a century, beat Roger Federer and John Isner in consecutive matches. The last set of these two matches went respectively to 13-11 and 26-24.
His marathon victory over Isner thus delayed Djokovic's semifinal against Rafael Nadal, who was suspended on Saturday morning (AEST) with two games. The match ended after playing time.
When the game was played taken over, the 31-year-old dropped out of the fourth set but kept his mettle at the height of his Spanish rival, winning 10-8 in the final set. after breaking it to the eighteenth and last match. 659003] This match, in turn, delayed the women's final in which Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams to win her third major title and prevent the American from equaling the record of 24 major records held by Margaret Court by a man or a woman, for the moment
A complete recap of this finale will follow in my annual Wimbledon Review, which will be provided later this week.
But let's get back to the subject now, and Novak Djokovic hopes to put an end to a major title. over two years, having not welcomed since he completed his series of Grand Slam titles at the 2016 French Open.
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Since then, the Serb has fallen After suffering a serious injury to the elbow, he was eliminated from the world's top 20 for the first time since October 2006.
However, in recognition of his impressive record on turf pitches in recent years, including the final at Queen's on the eve of Wimb After winning three wins at SW19, Djokovic has received a ranking of 12 by the selection committee of the All England Club.
He beat Tennys Sandgren, Kyle Edmund and Kei Nishikori to reach the semifinals of a Major. For the first time since the US Open 2016, he faced the world number one Rafael Nadal
As mentioned above, the Serbian beat his Spanish rival in five sets for the first time since the final of the year. 39th Australian Open 2012 South African champion Kevin Anderson, who has qualified for his second Grand Slam final after winning two of the most enduring games of the Championships this year .
First of all, he lost in two sets and faced a match point in the third set of his quarter-final against Roger Federer before coming off the ice to win a magnificent victory in five sets and become just the third man (after Jo -Wilfried Tsonga and Djokovic) to beat him twice.
He then edged John Isner in the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history with the last set of 50 games.
The fact that he was able to rest a whole day after this match, unlike Djokovic who needed two days to complete his semifinal win against Rafael Nadal, could operate in the hands of South Africa if what happened at the 2015 French Open has something to do.
At this tournament, Stan Wawrinka was able to to rest a full day after winning his semi-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Djokovic and Andy Murray had to qualify for the semifinal two days after the bad weather stopped the Serb in his tracks.
Here's all what you need to know before the Wimbledon Men's Final tonight
[8] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [12] Novak Djokovic ( SRB)
Sunday, July 16
2:00 pm (local time)
Central Court
Head-to-Head
All Matches: Djokovic 5-1
Grand Slam: Djokovic 2-0
A Wimbledon: Djokovic 2-0
In the final: First match
Last match: Djokovic won 6-7 (6-7 8), 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5, fourth round, Wimbledon 2015.
Kevin Anderson's Road to the Final
Round 1: Defeated Norbet Gombos (SVK) 6-3, 6- 4, 6-4
Second round: defeated Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4
3rd inning: defeated [25] Philipp Kohlschreiber ( GER) 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
Round 4: defeated Gael Monfils (FRA) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-6) 2), 5-7, 7 -6 (7-4)
Quarter-Finals: Defeated [1] Roger Federer (SUI) 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11
Semifinals: Defeated [9] John Isner (USA) 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 26-24 [19659003] Novak Djokovic Road to the Final
Round 1: Defeat Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Round 2: Defeat Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Round 3: Defeated [21] Kyle Edmund (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Round 4: Defeated by Karen Khachanov (RUS) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Quarter-Finals: Defeated [24] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Semi-Finals: Defeated [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, 10-8
The statistics count
* This will be the second final Kevin Anderson's (0-1) Grand Slam, and first at Wimbledon, while for Novak Djokovic it will be his 22nd Grand Slam final (12-9) and the fifth at Wimbledon (3-1), but the first since the US Open 2016 and the first at Wimbledon since 2015.
* Anderson takes his first Grand Slam title, Djokovic his 13th.
* Anderson is the first man representing South Africa to reach the Wimbledon final in nearly a century.
* Anderson is sixth striker Djokovic has faced a Grand Slam final (after Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka).
* Djokovic, currently 21st (but ranked 12th in recognition of his recent good result) on the grbad courts) is the lowest ranked male player to reach the Wimbledon final since Mark Philippoussis in 2003 (he was, well sure, the first victim of Roger Federer in a Grand Slam final.)
first hatched to reach the final at Wimbledon since Tomas Berdych in 2010.
* This will be the first time that Djokovic will face a ranked opponent at least three places higher than him in a major final. Moreover, it is the first time that he reaches a major final while he is ranked among the top 20.
* Djokovic is the only Big Four player to reach a Grand Slam final with such a low ranking. Roger Federer was ranked 17th when he won the Australian Open last year
* It is the first Grand Slam final with which Djokovic s & rsquo; Is qualified after celebrating his 30th birthday last year.
* This is the first Wimbledon final since 1996, and the first Grand Slam final since the 2002 French Open, not to be in the top ten.
Prediction
Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
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