The Wimbledon men’s singles semifinals take centre stage at the All England Club on Friday. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, the third seed, is up against Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in a repeat of their semifinal from a year ago. They will be followed on Centre Court by seven-time champion Novak Djokovic who is taking on Italian Lorenzo Musetti who has reached his first Grand Slam semifinal.
If fifth seed Medvedev is to halt Spaniard Alcaraz’s bid to retain the trophy he won last year, he had better arrive on Centre Court with a better plan than a year ago. On that occasion, the Russian baseliner was swept aside in ruthless fashion and Alcaraz then went on to claim the title by defeating Djokovic two days later in the final. Medvedev will take heart from his five-set victory over world number one Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals, the Russian’s relentless baseline eventually wearing down an opponent who was troubled by illness.
The final four is set. Who will progress to the gentlemen's singles final? 🏆 The 28-year-old has won six of his previous eight Grand Slam semifinals but has only converted one of those progressions into a title - the 2021 U.S.
Open. He avenged his Wimbledon defeat against Alcaraz by beating him in the U.S.
Open semifinals but lost their only meeting this year in the Indian Wells final. Alcaraz has worked hard to reach the semifinals. He needed five sets to edge past Frances Tiafoe in the third round, four to beat Ugo Humbert in the .