The world's No. 1 Shin Seong and a veteran of Gwanrok, who is aiming for the most wins in major competitions, will meet on the single-tree bridge.
Jannik Sinner (24, Italy), the world's No. 1 player in men's tennis, and Novak Djokovic (38, Serbia), who is sixth and has 24 wins in major tournaments, will face off in the semifinals of the men's singles at the French Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 56.352 million euros, about 87.67 billion won).
In the quarterfinals of men's singles on the 11th day of the championship held at Roland Garros in Paris, France on Sunday, Cinner easily defeated Aleksandr Bublik (62nd, Kazakhstan) by a score of 3-0 (6-1 7-5 6-0). In comparison, Djokovic met Alexander Zverev of Germany, who was ranked third in the world, in the quarterfinals and secured a come-from-behind victory by 3-1 (4-6, 6-3 6-2 6-4). With the victory, Djokovic advanced to the semifinals of singles at major competitions for the 51st time, improving his own record in this category. Ranked second in this category is Roger Federer of Switzerland, who is retired from the 46th.
Cinner and Djokovic, who met in the semifinals, are fiercely competing with each other, with four wins and four losses. Cinner has won all three of their recent showdowns. However, on the same clay court as Roland Garros, Djokovic won 2-0 (6-4 6-2) once in 2021. The winner of this match will compete with last year's French Open champion Carlos Alcaras (2nd, Spain) and Lorenzo Musetti (7th, Italy).
Cinner, who won the Australian Open this year's first major championship, had the best record of last year's semifinals at the French Open. Cinner is aiming to win three major championships in a row following last year's U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open, and is currently making 19 consecutive wins at major championships. The record for consecutive wins at major championships is 30 consecutive wins, which Djokovic posted from his first Wimbledon Championships in 2015 to his third 스포츠토토 Wimbledon Championships in 2016.
Djokovic, who is trying to win 25 singles titles in major tournaments, the record for both men and women, can set a milestone only when he is 14 years younger than himself.
Djokovic has not won a major championship since the 2023 U.S. Open. He topped the French Open three times in 2016, 2021 and 2023, and won the gold medal after beating Alcaras in the final of the Paris Olympics held at the same venue last year.