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LONDON (AP):If there were any lingering questions over Jannik Sinner’s physical status after his meltdown at the French Open, they should be answered now.Sinner blasted his way past seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to reach the Wimbledon final, showing off the kind of dominance he displayed before that second-round defeat in Paris.“I knew mentally,” Sinner said, “that today I had to raise my level, which I’ve done.”For the 39-year-old Djokovic, it marked another chance missed at adding to his record total of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.But Djokovic expressed interest in playing Wimbledon when he’s 40: “I would like to, at least one more time,” he said.“I feel when I’m healthy, I’m still able to play as a top-five player, still able to compete at the highest level,” Djokovic added.It was a measure of revenge for Sinner after Djokovic won their last meeting in five sets in this year’s Australian Open semi-finals.Aiming to defend his title at the grass-court Grand Slam, the top-ranked Sinner will face second-seeded Alexander Zverev in tomorrow’s final.Zverev ended the “Ferytale” run of British wild card Arthur Fery with an overpowering 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory earlier as the star-studded crowd on Centre Court witnessed two one-way contests.Zverev will be playing for another major trophy a month after winning his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.“This Grand Slam has always been the one that I struggled with the most and all of a sudden I’m in the final of Wimbledon,” the 29-year-old German said. “We got one more match to go on Sunday and that’s what the focus is on.”It was another warm day in southwest London, with the temperature rising to about 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius). It was also breezy and a bit cloudier than in recent days.From the start, Sinner pushed Djokovic back with his powerful groundstrokes and came up with big serves in big moments.When Sinner faced his only break point of the match early in the third set, he produced an ace.NINE STRAIGHT FOR SINNERZverev, whose breakthrough at Roland Garros came in his fourth Grand Slam final, is attempting to become the first man in the professional era (since 1968) to win his second major title at the next event immediately after his first.Sinner has won his last nine meetings with Zverev and 14 straight sets.“I have to trust myself and I have to believe that I can win and that’s what I’m going to do,” Zverev said before he knew who his opponent would be.The 114th-ranked Fery, who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and played at Stanford University, was attempting to become the first wild card to reach the final since Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001.Zverev did well not to let the pro-Fery crowd get behind the local player too much and a double fault from Fery early in the first-set tiebreaker put Zverev in control.The 6-foot-6 Zverev was also able to dominate with his serve, which he cranked up to 139 mph.The 5-foot-9 Fery, by comparison, was serving closer to 120 mph.
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