After Tuesday's bathroom break, he returned to court and grabbed a break in the fourth game of the third set as he trimmed his quarter-final deficit.

In control, the 35-year-old leveled the tie with a double break in the fourth set as Sinner took a worrying tumble on his ankle scrambling to the Centre Court net.

Djokovic carved out two more breaks in the decider, the second off the back of a stunning, cross-court backhand on the stretch to go to 5-2 before calmly serving it out.

"I played well but he raised his level," said Sinner, who had never won a grass-court match before Wimbledon.

Ninth seed Norrie got the better of 58th-ranked Goffin to make the last four of a Slam for the first time.

Left-hander Norrie said he was struggling at the start of the match, admitting he was forced to dig deep.

"It was all just adrenaline, using my legs and trying to put the ball in the court, and it's great to get over the line," he said.

Norrie, the first British man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since Andy Murray in 2016, said he was going to "take it" to top seed Djokovic.

The result was tough on Goffin, who made the quarter-finals on his last appearance at Wimbledon in 2019.

The Belgian hit more winners, 49 to 38, and won more points, with his 151 trumping Norrie's 145.

Jabeur, the only top 15 seed to make the last-eight in the women's tournament, battled back to see off 66th-ranked Bouzkova of the Czech Republic.

The Tunisian was broken twice as she lost the first set but lost only two games after that to power to a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 win.

Jabeur described semi-final opponent Maria as her "barbecue buddy".

"It's going to be tough to play her, she is a great friend," she said.