Carlos Alcaraz is through to his first Wimbledon 2023 semi-final after defeating Holger Rune 7-6 6-4 6-4 to set up a clash with Daniil Medvedev. The Spaniard edged an entertaining first set on a tiebreak before showing his class in the second and third in what was the first Wimbledon quarter-final between two men under the age of 21 in the Open era.
In the other men’s quarter-final on Wednesday, Christopher Eubanks’ dream run was ended in a five-set thriller by Medvedev, the third seed. The American was two sets to one up but eventually Medvedev prevailed with a 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 victory.
In the women’s section, Ons Jabeur got her revenge on Elena Rybakina to set up a semi-final clash with Aryna Sabalenka. In the reverse of last year’s final, Jabeur fought from a set down to earn a brilliant 6-7 6-4 6-1 win, flashing a stunning array of winners to break Rybakina twice in the third set and end the 24-year-old’s title defence.
After Sabalenka was banned from competing at the Championships last year, the Belarusian defeated the in-form American Madison Keys to return to the semi-finals, winning four games in a row to turn the second set around and win 6-4 6-2.
Already in the semi-finals is defending men’s champion, Novak Djokovic, who sealed his place in his 46th grand slam semi-final as he saw off the challenge of Andrey Rublev. Meeting him will be Jannik Sinner, the 21-year-old Italian, who became the second youngest man to reach this stage of Wimbledon since 2007 when he defeated Roman Safiullin in his quarter-final.
In the women’s draw, Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina knocked out world No 1 Iga Swiatek on Tuesday to extend her stunning run at the Championships with the former Wimbledon semi-finalist set to take on Marketa Vondrousova who produced a shock of her own as she defeated fourth seed Jessica Pegula on court one.
Women’s singles semi-finals
Thursday 13 July
Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
Ons Jabeur (TUN) [6] vs Aryna Sabalenka [2]
Men’s singles semi-finals
Friday 14 July
Novak Djokovic (SER) [2] vs Jannik Sinner (ITA) [8]
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [1] vs Daniil Medvedev [3]
When are the Wimbledon 2023 finals?
The Wimbledon men’s and women’s finals will take place on the weekend of 15 and 16 July.
As is tradition, the women’s final will be played on Saturday 15 July and the men’s final on Sunday 16 July.
