Top seed Jannik Sinner ensured Novak Djokovic will be absent from a Wimbledon men's singles final for the first time in eight years after handing the Serbian great a brutal Centre Court battering on Friday.

Novak Djokovic suffered pain, both physical and emotional, in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday. The emotional pain comes from another lost chance at his 25th career Grand Slam. Djokovic had made six straight Wimbledon finals until this year when he fell to Jannik Sinner in three sets.

The world No. 1 rolled past a compromised version of the seven-time champion as the shadows fell over Centre Court