The great Serbian probably knew this was coming. Whilst Djokovic is ranked outside of the top four it is almost inevitable that he will have to progress through both Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz to win a Slam.

Whilst it is a tall order to beat Sinner, Djokovic lost to the world #1 at this stage of the French Open last month, Djokovic could easily refer to Centre Court as one of his most dominant courts in world tennis, and he knows how to get the most out of his game in these situations.

He wasn't far away from Sinner in Roland-Garros, despite the straight sets scoreline, a couple of points either way in sets 2 and 3 there would've been a different story.

The idea of this being a straight sets victory for either player would be a big outsider in our minds.

It is very difficult to imagine this match being anything other than highly competitive. Whilst it may not go to five sets, though there is every chance of that as well, four long, tight, competitive sets should see us over this line.

They played 35 games in only three sets at the French Open, and 31 in a three-set match pre-season in Saudi Arabia as well. Add an extra set to either scoreline, and this sails in.

This line seems pretty high for Djokovic.

Not withstanding the fact that we are expecting a long and competitive match, so probably a lot of serves going down, Djokovic managed only four in Paris and nine in Saudi against Sinner.

Those surfaces are obviously totally different to grass, but even at this Wimbledon the great Serbian didn't surpass this line against Flavio Cobolli in four sets (13), Alex De Minaur in four (6), or Dan Evans in three (11). He did beat the line against Miomir Kecmanovic (16) and Alexandre Muller (22), but with all due respect to those players, they will not produce the kind of resistance that Jannik Sinner will on return.