carlos alcaraz wimbledon semi final to face daniil medvedev

London: Carlos Alcaraz prevailed over Holger Roon in Wednesday’s clash between the two 20-year-olds. Spain’s Alcaraz won the match 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4 to book his place in the semi-finals. Here is his first Wimbledon semifinal. Alcaraz will now face Daniil Medvedev of Russia. Third seed Medvedev also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time after defeating Chris Eubanks of America 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1.

Alcaraz said, ‘It’s amazing to me. It’s been a dream since I started playing tennis, to get good results here at Wimbledon, such a beautiful and wonderful tournament for me. It is a dream to play a semi-final here. I think I am playing at the best level. I didn’t expect to play at such a high level on this surface. It is passion for me.

Bopanna-Ebden pair in semi-finals

India’s top doubles player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden continued their dream run at Wimbledon with a hard-fought 6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 6-7, 6-7 victory over Tallon Grixpur and Bart Stevens in the quarterfinals here on Wednesday. Defeated by 2. Bopanna has reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the third time. The 43-year-old had earlier reached the last four of Wimbledon in 2015. Bopanna, the 2010 US Open runner-up, has made it to four Grand Slam semi-finals in men’s doubles.

The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair will now have to overcome the challenge of top seeded Netherlands and British pair of Wesley Koolhof and Neil Skupski to reach the final. Bopanna and Ebdon came back brilliantly after losing the first set in a match that lasted one hour and 54 minutes. After losing the first set in a tie-break, the pair won the second set in a tie-break. Confident after winning the second set, the Indo-Australian pair did not give any chance to the opponent in the decider.

Wimbledon: Arena Sabalenka in the Wimbledon semi-finals, Queen Camilla watched the match sitting in the Royal Box