mark renshaw. _ striving for more. mark renshaw, thank - striving for more.programme. on saturday a new wimbledon champion will be crowned. neither of the finalists, ashleigh barty and karolina pliskova, have won the event before — in fact this is the first wimbledon final for both of them — the first time that has happened since 1977. there'll be a much more familiar name in the men's final on sunday though — novak djokovic goes in search of his sixth wimbledon title. but as our reporter at the all england club reports, he too will face an unfamiliar name in sunday's final. ultimately, it's no surprise to see novak djokovic into his seventh wimbledon final. this is a man motivated by numbers. and, win on sunday, and he'll have 20 grand slams — the same number as roger federer and rafael nadal. standing in his way on friday was denis shapovalov, the 22—year—old canadian who's won so many admirers at these championships with the way he plays. and he made djokovic work hard for this. losing in straight sets, yes, but hanging in there in each and every one. from

his former teammate mark renshaw told me what it meant to cavendish and sport in general. y highly, as does everyone in cycling, so to draw equal with his record, it is a phenomenal effort, and i think it will take a little bit for this to sink in with mark cavendish because it was a record he probably never thought he would achieve, to equal eddy, but this year, look, some things have fallen his way, he has had a little bit of luck, and now we are in the race, he has got the form and the legs to be the best in the peloton, hence winning these four stages and drawing level with eddy merckx. and as you say this is remarkable, especially because several years ago he said he thought his career was all but over? look, i retired back in 2019 and at that point i wasn't sure whether we would see cavendish return to the tour de france and winning stages. he had a great year last year when his team, but this season, changing to deceuninck-quickstep, a team where we both raced with in the past, under the guardianship of patrick lefevre, he has flourished, he has found his form once a