Izuchukwu OkosiNovak Djokovic reached Sunday’s Wimbledon final after beating homeboy Cameron Norrie 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to maintain his dominance at SW19 on Friday evening to set up a meeting with Nick Kyrgios.
The Serbian’s win means he has now reached his fourth Wimbledon final.
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It was also the second time Djokovic will come from a set down to win at this year’s edition having also come from a set down against Italian, Jannik Sinner in the quarter final.
His opponent Kyrgios has equally dropped five sets in this campaign but has a better head-to-head result from their meetings in 2017. Kyrgios won in straight sets on both occasions at the round of 16 in Acapulco (7-6(9) 7-5) and the Indian Wells Masters quarter finals (6-4 7-6(3)).
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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