No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner will be looking to make his first career appearance in the French Open final when he faces three-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals on Friday afternoon. Sinner has yet to drop a set in the tournament,

Jannik Sinner knows how monumental Novak Djokovic has been in tennis and had a nice message for him after their French Open semifinal.

Djokovic was bidding for a record-extending 38th Grand Slam final, and eighth in Paris, where he was won three times. But he spent much of the semifinal camped behind the baseline, sliding at full stretch and grunting loudly while Sinner sent him scurrying left and right like a windscreen wiper.