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Sinner is a previous winner of the NextGen event - the tournament for the best players aged 21 and under| Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July |
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Italian's Jannik Sinner reached his first Grand Slam semi-final by beating Russian Roman Safiullin at Wimbledon.
The highly-rated 21-year-old won 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2, ending Safiullin's impressive run on his debut in SW19.
Sinner had suffered defeat in his four previous major quarter-finals but dominated after a wobble in the second set to earn his breakthrough win.
He will play Novak Djokovic, who he took to five sets in last year's event, or Andrey Rublev in the last four.
Sinner is also the youngest man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since 2007, although that record will be beaten by Carlos Alcaraz or Holger Rune, who contest their quarter-final on Wednesday.
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