While there were two major upsets in the women's singles at Wimbledon on Tuesday, it was straight chalk on the men's side. No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic and No. 8 seed Jannik Sinner advanced to the semifinals
Andrey Rublev, the No. 7 seed, came as close as anyone has to beating Djokovic at a major this year. He actually took a set off Djokovic, and almost took a second one. But almost doesn't count. He threw everything he had at Djokovic, but it simply wasn't enough. Djokovic reigned supreme, as he has essentially all year, beating Rublev 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.
Djokovic has been on a tear this year, but he's human and still makes mistakes. However, he has an extra gear he can shift into that is unavailable to most humans. To see that extra gear in process, all you need to do is watch the second set of this match. Djokovic absolutely dominated Rublev, who won just a single game.
No matter how well Djokovic does on the court, it still gets to him that he's rarely the target of the crowd's spontaneous. On Tuesday, got pointy with the crowd when they loudly supported Rublev while giving him a tepid reception. He forgets that tennis crowds love underdogs, full stop. Djokovic is a lot of things, but an underdog is not one of them, and unless something dramatically changes, he may not be one ever again.
Sinner was his typical self for the most part, his long limbs giving him full run of the court and a special ability to return shots. He lost four straight games in the second set, leading
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