WIMBLEDON OPEN: Semi-final pairing put Djokovic against Sinner and Medvedev vs Alcaraz

 Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic talked about his upcoming semifinal clash against Jannik Sinner, and more specifically about the potential danger he may face. "We mostly played kind of at the same time. I've watched him I think first set today a little bit.

He's playing at a very high level. He likes to play on grass, he likes playing quick surfaces because he likes to be aggressive and take control of the point. He's smashing the ball really really hard and trying to be the one that is going to dictate the point from early on.

He's so young so of course it's expected that he's going to improve, so he is improving no doubt. He's been serving better and on grass obviously it makes a difference," said Djokovic."He is a very complete player now the first time in the semis of Wimbledon, so I'm looking forward to that challenge.

We both have two days to recover. I'm sure that he's going to be very motivated to win. On the other hand, I'm too so let's see what happens," Novak continued.

Jannik Sinner, as Djokovic said, is for the first time in his life in the Wimbledon semifinals.

Jannik Sinner becomes the youngest semi-finalist since 2007. Jannik is also the first Italian in the history of Wimbledon to have reached the quarterfinals at least twice at the All-England Club.

Before meeting Djokovic, Jannik Sinner defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Diego Schwartzman, Quentin Halys, Daniel Galan, and Roman Safiullin.

The Italian had a surprisingly easy draw. We'll see how he performs against a much more threatening opponent like Novak Djokovic.

Carlos Alcaraz has been accused of spying on Djokovic... but insists his eyes are only on his semi-final duel with Daniil Medvedev.

 Alcaraz was accused of ‘spying’ on Djokovic, after a Spaniard - wrongly reported as Alcaraz’s father - was caught filming the 23-time Grand Slam winner, which sent the Serbian media into a frenzy.

‘The circumstances are such that we don’t have privacy in training, although sometimes I would like to,’ said Djokovic in response to the allegations. ‘I don’t think so,’ replied Alcaraz when asked if he could benefit from this. ‘I have a lot of videos from Djokovic on every platform.

Even if Alcaraz was snooping on opponents, the Spaniard’s mole might have been better employed watching world No 3 Daniil Medvedev, the lanky Russian who he must overcome on Friday.

Fellow Muscovite Andrey Rublev gave Alcaraz a word of advice on Medvedev ahead of this tough-to-call semi-final. ‘I think Rublev told me a few times, he's an octopus,’ said Alcaraz.

‘Daniil is really a complete player. He catches every ball, it is amazing. He's an amazing athlete. He has a mix of everything. He does almost everything well.

‘Well, he's really tall, you know. He's playing great here on the grass. But I am going to enjoy the semi-final. I'm playing great, and I have a lot of confidence right now. So it's going to be a really good match I think. I'm going to enjoy it.’