Born in Northern Italy to a German mother and Italian father in 2001, Sinner rapidly became one of Italy’s brightest sporting prospects. As a child, he was one of his country’s best young skiers winning a national championship in giant slalom at age seven in 2008.

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.

As Jannik Sinner pursues a fourth Grand Slam, he'll have somewhat of a physical limitation at Wimbledon. The Italian tennis star and world No. 1 is wearing a sleeve over his right arm for his quarterfinals matchup against Ben Shelton, a result of an injury he sustained in the last round.

Jannik Sinner reached the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships in a completely unexpected way. The world No. 1 was considered a clear favorite against Bulgarian veteran Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court,

Two of the 15 they didn’t collect were scooped up by Carlos Alcaraz, the 22-year-old Spaniard who now—alongside the 23-year-old Italian, Jannik Sinner—makes up the New Big Two. The Artist, Grinder, and Psycho had their era. Now we’ve got The Dramatist and The Scientist.

Jannik Sinner has advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals despite hurting his right elbow on a fall and dropping the first two sets, because his opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, had to quit with an injured pectoral muscle.

Ben Shelton lost in straight sets to top-ranked men's tennis pro Jannik Sinner, who moves on to face Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Wimbledon.