"He was shouting quite long with the volume up": Sinner shares his view on Djokovic hindrance call

Italy’s young tennis star Jannik Sinner believes that Serbia’s Novak Djokovic was rightly penalized in the semifinal of the Wimbledon 2023.

The 36-year-old was fined with a penalty by the chair umpire for a prolonged grunt during the last-four clash in the third Grand Slam of the year on Friday.

Talking about that after the match, Sinner was of the opinion that Djokovic was rightly penalised as he was aware of his actions.

“Yeah, it's a call of the umpire, no?,” he said. “Obviously, he hit the ball already, and then after he was shouting quite long and with the volume up.”

Despite that call, the current world number two proved too strong for his young opponent and ended up securing a thumping win in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to book his place in the final of the competition.

With that result, the 23-time Grand Slam winner is now just one win away from equaling former world number one and Switzerland’s tennis great Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon titles in the men’s singles tennis in the Open era.

Djokovic will now face world number one Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a mouthwatering grand finale of Wimbledon 2023 on Sunday.