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    Serbia's Novak Djokovic ends up doing the splits while attempting a return to Italy's Flavio Cobolli during their Wimbledon quarterfinal match in London on Wednesday. AP

    LONDON — At least Novak Djokovic could laugh about it immediately afterward.

    Yes, he took what he called a "nasty" and "awkward" fall on his second match point at Wimbledon on Wednesday. Yes, he slid into the splits and ended up face-down on the Centre Court grass. And, yes, those sorts of things aren't ideal for a 38-year-old seeking an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title.

    Still, Djokovic dusted himself off and took the next two points, reaching the semifinals at the All England Club for a men's-record 14th time with a 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over No 22 seed Flavio Cobolli, setting up a showdown against No 1 Jannik Sinner.

    "Obviously, (my) body is not the same today like it was before," Djokovic said at his news conference. "So, I guess the real impact or effect of what happened, I will feel tomorrow. So let's see. I'm hoping in the next 24, 48 hours, that the severity of what happened is not too bad, that I'll be able to play at my best and free of pain in two days."

    That's when he will take on three-time major champion Sinner, who didn't play like someone dealing with an injured right elbow while using terrific serving and his usual booming forehand to beat 10th seed Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4.

    "It's going to take the best of me at the moment to beat Jannik. I mean, I know that," said Djokovic, who has lost his last four meetings with the Italian, including in the French Open semifinals last month.

    However, Djokovic is 2-0 against Sinner at Wimbledon, eliminating him in the 2023 semifinals and 2022 quarterfinals.

    Against Cobolli — like Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy — the late-match tumble was not the only thing that was far from smooth for Djokovic. He served for the opening set at 5-3, but got broken at love. Later, he was a point from owning that set before first-time major quarterfinalist Cobolli came through.

    Djokovic did stretches and breathing exercises at changeovers. He whacked his shoe with his racket after one miss in the fourth set. He seemed bothered at times by the bright sun above Centre Court.

    He also showed off all of his considerable skills, accumulating 13 aces, holding in 19 of 21 service games, using a drop-shot-lob-drop-shot combination to take one point, and limiting his unforced errors to 22 — half as many as Cobolli.

    On Friday, Djokovic will try to reach his seventh consecutive final at the All England Club and get closer to equaling Roger Federer's men's mark of eight trophies there.

    The other men's semifinal is between two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Djokovic in the 2023 and 2024 finals, and Taylor Fritz.

    The women's semifinals Thursday were Aryna Sabalenka vs Amanda Anisimova, and Iga Swiatek vs Belinda Bencic.

    Against Shelton on Court One, Sinner wore a white sleeve on his right arm with strips of tape visible underneath — one above the elbow, one below it — after he was hurt from a fall in the opening game of his fourth-round match against Grigor Dimitrov on Monday.

    Sinner, the runner-up to Alcaraz at Roland Garros, had an MRI exam on Tuesday and initially canceled a practice session that day, but did hit some balls in a 20-minute session at an indoor court later.

    "When you are in a match with a lot of tension, you try to not think about it," Sinner said. "It has improved a lot from yesterday to today."

    He played as though nothing were amiss, grabbing 27 of 29 service points in the first set, while accumulating a total of 15 winners to just one unforced error.

    "You can't go into a match thinking that the guy's not going to be at 100 percent," Shelton said. "His ball was coming off pretty big today, so I didn't see any difference."

    Shelton stayed right with him until 2-all in the tiebreaker.

    That's when Sinner surged in front, helped by a double-fault and four consecutive forehand errors by Shelton.

    At the outset of the second set, Shelton finally made some headway in a return game, getting a pair of break points at 15-40.

    On one, Sinner produced a forehand winner. On the other, he pounded a 212 km/h serve — his fastest of the match — and rushed forward, getting to deuce when Shelton's backhand pass attempt found the net. That was followed by a 190 km/h ace and a 201 km/h service winner.

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