Alcaraz Cruises, Sabalenka Battles Through, Anisimova and Fritz Complete Wimbledon Semifinal Lineup

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays a forehand against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain (Image by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz delivered a commanding performance on Centre Court, securing his place in his third consecutive Wimbledon semi-final. The Spaniard defeated Britain's Cameron Norrie in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, in a swift 99 minutes on Tuesday. After navigating a challenging path to the quarter-finals, the second seed rediscovered his peak form, unleashing 39 winners to set up a highly anticipated semi-final showdown with American fifth seed Taylor Fritz.

Aryna Sabalenka, the world number one, faced a stern test but ultimately prevailed to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals. She secured a hard-fought 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund in a gruelling two hours and 54 minutes on Centre Court. The Belarusian, making her third appearance in a Wimbledon semi-final after previous runs in 2021 and 2023, had to rally from twice being a break down in the final set.

"That was a real test. I need some time to cool down and recover after this," Sabalenka admitted. "She pushed me so much. After the first set I was looking at my box and thinking, 'book the tickets, we are about to leave this beautiful place'."

"She played an incredible tournament and match. She is really making everyone work against her, you know you have to work for every point. I'm just super happy with the match and win."

Sabalenka remains the only top-six seed still in contention in the women’s singles draw.

Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning match point against Laura Siegemund of Germany (Image by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

"It doesn't matter if you are a big hitter, big server, you have to work, you have to run and to earn the victory," Sabalenka added. "I had to make sure I didn't show I was annoyed by her, even if I was slightly, I didn't want to give her that energy."

On Court One, Taylor Fritz triumphed over Karen Khachanov with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) to advance to his first-ever Wimbledon semi-final. The match experienced a brief interruption due to a malfunction in the new line-calling system, which incorrectly signaled a "fault" on a Fritz forehand.

Khachanov commented, "I'm more for line umpires... Sometimes it's scary to let machine do what they want, you know."

American Amanda Anisimova secured her debut Wimbledon semi-final berth, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 7-6 (11/9).

"It was such a battle... That tie-break was super-stressful. I'm super-excited to be in the semi-finals for the first time," said Anisimova, who took an eight-month break in 2023 to address mental health concerns. She is set to face Sabalenka in the semi-finals.