Wimbledon 2025 live: Novak Djokovic injury update for Jannik Sinner match plus Carlos Alcaraz vs Taylor Fritz

The 38-year-old suffered an awkward fall very late on in his quarter-final victory over Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday.

He picked himself up to finish off the four-set victory but admitted afterwards he would likely not know the full effect until Thursday, and the signs did not appear positive when Djokovic first delayed and then cancelled his scheduled practice session at the All England Club.

The Serbian has already been forced to pull out of one grand slam tournament this year with injury, failing to complete his semi-final against Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open because of a leg problem.

Before this year’s tournament, Wimbledon’s social media accounts spoke to Jannik Sinner about what it’s like to play Novak Djokovic.

Now they meet at the semi-final stage

In the other women’s semi-final, No 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka crashed out in three sets to American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova.

Sabalenka’s post-match press conference wasn’t as fiery as the one that followed her French Open exit at the hands of Coco Gauff, but she did still pinpoint two actions from Anisimova during the match that irked her…

A bit more from yesterday’s women’s semi-finals now.

Iga Swiatek’s struggles on grass are well documented but maybe the slower, heavier surface at Wimbledon this year are helping the clay-court queen adapt to the green stuff.

She swept aside Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 to reach the final at the All England Club for the first time and admitted she has surprised even herself with her form this fortnight

Wimbledon is all about strawberries and cream (and of course tennis). The club itself describes strawberries and cream as “a true icon of The Championships”.

While a meal at one of the club’s restaurants can set you back £130 or more, a bowl of the iconic dish is a modest £2.70 (up from £2.50 in 2024 – the first price rise in 15 years). In 2024, visitors munched their way through nearly 2 million berries.

Strawberries and cream has a long association with Wimbledon. Even before lawn tennis was added to its activities, the All England Croquet Club (now the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club) was serving strawberries and cream to visitors. They would have expected no less.

Jannik Sinner finally brought an end to his doping saga when he accepted a three-month ban offered by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

The 23-year-old was world No 1 when he won the Australian Open in January but he twice tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid last year.

It’s a case that no one knew about for months and one that drew all sorts of questions and criticism from other players who wondered whether there was a double standard at play because of Sinner’s success, were confused about why it was all kept under wraps, and wanted to know why Sinner was allowed to keep competing before there was a resolution.

Djokovic may be the one with an injury concern heading into his semi-final with Sinner, but Sinner was in the same position before his quarter-final against Ben Shelton.

And here’s how Sinner’s elbow broke Shelton’s heart:

It is considered by most players and fans the Mecca of tennis, a magical place of carefully curated perfection where every strawberry is the correct shade of red and every blade of grass comes with its own horticulturist. Wimbledon is one of the great sporting institutions and to be inside its walls is to feel like you have access to an exclusive, special place.

Each summer we get a window into what life is like as a player, the stresses and strains and joy and history that all come with a place at the Championships. But what is it like to be a coach? How is it to be in the background, a member of the entourage trying to make the dream come true?

The Independent spoke to three coaches on their experience at the All England Club.

Andre Agassi lost his first three matches against Boris Becker in 1988 and 1989, but then won 10 of the last 11 they played. “I didn’t understand how he could read me like that,” Becker later said, perplexed by the grip Agassi held over his serve, somehow able to anticipate the direction of every ball. It was only after their careers had ended that Agassi revealed his secret: he had spotted a tell in Becker’s tongue, which would unconsciously point to where he was aiming as he tossed the ball.

It is the most famous example of tennis espionage, one perhaps never to be repeated. But there is a modern equivalent in the priceless insight tucked by the knees of every coach at Wimbledon this week: an iPad brimming with ATP Tour data about the opponent. Data on serve direction, data on landing spots, data on exactly which type of shot they most frequently miss, with AI deployed to make sense of it all.