For the first time in 52 advances to this stage of a major tournament, Novak Djokovic looked resigned to his fate. A man who had exhibited every shade of human emotion here on Centre Court, from shushing the crowd in rage to eating the grass in rapture,

Novak Djokovic gave everything he had in his Wimbledon semi-final against world no. 1 Jannik Sinner. However, the 38-year-old fell shortly physically and tactically in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 defeat in an hour and 55 minutes.

Fast forward to his semifinal against Jannik Sinner, and something pretty unexpected happened on court: Sinner actually apologized to Novak about that fall when the two met at the net following match point. And of course, in true Djokovic fashion, he had the classiest response that’s got everyone talking about his sportsmanship.