Carlos Alcaraz kept the course on Wednesday towards a possible duel for the title of Wimbledon with the defending champion, Novak Djokovicand Ons Jabeur achieved a rematch after her painful loss in the final last year against Elena Rybakina.
The young Spaniard, number one in the world, clearly beat the Dane Holger Rune, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4. Both are 20 years old and have competed in different categories since they were children.
In his first semifinal of the Grand Slam on grass, he will face the Russian on Friday Daniel Medvedevwho also reached this stage for the first time after beating the American Christopher Eubanks with great effort.
In the entire match against his friend, Alcaraz only faced one break point that he managed to neutralize.
Despite the fact that the confrontation seemed even, with great spectacular shots from both players, the Spaniard managed to prevail at key moments.
The world number one recognized the difficulties he will have to overcome against Medvedev if he wants to reach a possible final against Djokovic, who will play the other semifinal against Italian Jannik Sinner on Friday.
After losing by two sets to one against Eubanks, the Russian, third racket in the world, turned the tables to end up winning 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-1.
Those classified in the women’s draw, Jabeur, number 6 in the world, and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkasecond in the WTA ranking, have already competed in the semifinals in previous editions of Wimbledon, which did not diminish their joy of winning the quarterfinals again.
The charismatic Tunisian, runner-up last year, then saw her dream of becoming the first Arab and African tennis player to win the prestigious tournament cut short by Rybakina.
On Wednesday, she got her revenge by defeating the Kazakh 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1 thanks to her determination and her varied, nuanced game. Also to greater mental serenity, she claimed.
He will need it if he wants to overcome the powerful game of Sabalenka, who in 2021 lost the semifinal against the Czech Karolina Pliskova, and last year could not play when all Russian and Belarusian players were excluded from Wimbledon in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.
“I heard that she won very quickly and I’m not happy about it,” Jabeur joked about her next opponent, who beat American Madison Keys 6-2, 6-4.
The world number 18 failed to overcome the power of the Belarusian despite having broken her serve in the second set to go up 4-2 on the scoreboard.
Source: Ambito
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