By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -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.

It's a maiden #Wimbledon final for Jannik Sinner 💥 The Italian defeats Novak Djokovic with a dazzling 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory to line up a Sunday afternoon meeting with Carlos Alcaraz 🤝 Just world No.1 doing world No.1 things 😅 pic.twitter.com/jObVzUdMqA

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz advanced to his third consecutive Wimbledon singles final after beating Taylor Fritz.