The Serbian legend has played excellent tennis up to this point in the tournament and has reacted like a true champion to all the difficulties – especially in the matches against Alex de Minaur and Flavio Cobolli – but he is aware that he will literally have to climb a mountain on Friday.

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic began expressing a heartfelt thought about returning to the semifinals at the All England Club — “It means the world to me,” he was saying, “that I’m still able, at 38, to play (in the) final stages of Wimbledon” — when the Centre Court crowd interrupted with yelling and applause.