Winning sixth Wimbledon title means ‘everything’ for Djoko

Novak Djokovic admits ldquoit will mean everythingrdquo to capture a sixth Wimbledon title and recordequalling 20th Grand Slam on Sunday but he will have to overcome Matteo Berrettini the Italian slugger with the build of a heavyweight boxerDjokovic will move level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on career majors with victory and also go threequarters of the way to the first calendar Slam in more than half a centuryThe 34yearold is in his seventh Wimbledon final and 30th at the Slams Only Federer with 31 has appeared in more championship matches at the majors but the fading Swiss star is more than five years olderldquoIt would mean everything Thatrsquos why Irsquom here Thatrsquos why Irsquom playingrdquo said Djokovic who has already captured a ninth Australian Open and second French Open in 2021The victory in Paris made him just the third man to win all four majors more than once ldquoI imagined myself being in a position to fight for another Grand Slam trophy prior to coming to London I put myself in a very good position Anything is possible in the finals Obviously experience is on my siderdquoAlso Read Federer unsure of Wimbledon returnDjokovic needed all that experience and famed iron will to see off Denis Shapovalov in the semifinals where he saved 10 of 11 break points Shapovalov was so distraught at the failure of his allout assault that had pushed Djokovic to the brink that he left Centre Court in tearsldquoThere is no holding back once you step out on the court particularly in the later stages of an event that I always dreamt of winningrdquo said Djokovic after a 20th successive grass court winldquoThe dream keeps going I am trying to take out the maximum of my own abilities every single match and see what happens Giving up is never an optionrdquoBerrettini the 25yearold World No 9 is the first Italian ever to make a singles final at Wimbledon Victory will make him Italyrsquos first male Slam champion since Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French OpenCicak to be first woman umpire in menrsquos finalMarija Cicak 43 will make history on Sunday when she becomes the first woman to umpire a Wimbledon menrsquos singles final The All England Club confirmed that the Croatian will oversee Sundayrsquos clash between Novak Djokovic and Matteo Barrettini Cicak officiated at the 2014 Wimbledon womenrsquos final between Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard as well as the 2017 womenrsquos doubles finalAlso Read Half ton full confidenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever