Novak Djokovic faced a major turning point after his Wimbledon 2025 semi-final loss to Jannik Sinner, as the rising star advanced to his first final. The Serbian legend opened up about the growing challenge of competing at the top level.

Djokovic looked a step slow in Friday’s 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Sinner after a painful fall in his quarterfinal win over Flavio Cobolli.

Fast forward to his semifinal against Jannik Sinner, and something pretty unexpected happened on court: Sinner actually apologized to Novak about that fall when the two met at the net following match point. And of course, in true Djokovic fashion, he had the classiest response that’s got everyone talking about his sportsmanship.