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Wimbledon is delivering the kind of Friday that tennis fans dream about. Novak Djokovic, thirty-nine years old and still hunting a record twenty-fifth grand slam, steps onto Centre Court against world number one Jannik Sinner in what is shaping up to be an absolute heavyweight collision. Djokovic comes in battle-tested after a five hour fifteen minute war against Felix Auger-Aliassime earlier this week, and the Serbian has history to settle — Sinner beat him in straight sets the last time these two met. The stakes could not be higher.
Before that match gets underway, British wildcard Arthur Fery faces second seed Alexander Zverev in a semi-final that has been rescheduled to one-thirty in the afternoon BST, partly to avoid a clash with World Cup action. Fery is only the second wildcard in Wimbledon history to reach the semis, following Goran Ivanisevic back in two thousand one, and at just twenty-three years old, he has captured the imagination of an entire nation hoping to see a homegrown hero go all the way.
Meanwhile in the UFC, Conor McGregor and Max Holloway are set for a rematch at UFC three twenty-nine, with a stacked undercard of former title contenders and rising talent looking to make noise before the main event lights up.
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