Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic v Matteo Berrettini, men’s singles final – live!

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Berrettini tells BBC that he copes with the stress of competition by reminding himself that he doesn’t get stressed in such circumstances. Simple when you think about it, eh?

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On 5 live the other day, Pat Cash said that Berrettini’s serve and forehand is bigger than any he’s ever seen before – and he’s seen a few. I can’t wait to see how Djokovic, the best returner ever, copes with that, and he copes with that, and how he copes with him coping with that, and how he copes with him coping with him coping with that.

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Email! “Unfortunately, Gordon Reid has lost the men’s Wheelchair Singles in straight sets to Belgium’s Joachim Gerard,” says Chris Page. “But history is being made today by the women’s Wheelchair Singles being played on Court One.”

That’s great to hear. I’m in awe of all these.

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Ah man, I love Ash Barty, but then who doesn’t? What a life and what a legacy that must be. No wonder Djokovic is so driven.

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If Novak Djokovic never wins another tennis match in his life, he’s an all-time great and maybe the all-time great. Whether his best is the best is up for debate, but no one is or has been harder to beat on the biggest points and biggest occasions.

Thing is, Novak Djokovic is going to win many, many more tennis matches in his life – but few as important as today’s. A win here gives him his 20th major, takes him level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the men’s game, and leaves him on the cusp of a calendar-year grand glam that would stand forever as one of the most ludicrous achievement in the history of sport.

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