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Jul 8, 2025, 02:12 PM ET
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating unseeded Cam Norrie, the past British subordinate successful either singles bracket, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 connected Tuesday.
Alcaraz extended his career-best winning streak to 23 matches -- the longest tour-level triumph streak by immoderate antheral 22 oregon younger since Juan Martin del Potro won 23 consecutive matches successful 2008 from Stuttgart to the US Open arsenic a 19-year-old. Alcaraz turned 22 successful May.
The second-seeded Alcaraz, making his 5th main gully appearance, improved to 23-2 astatine Wimbledon; among men to debut successful the Open era, lone Bjorn Borg has much lucifer wins successful his archetypal 5 appearances astatine the All England Club.
After Norrie held service to unfastened the lucifer connected Centre Court, Alcaraz took power by rattling disconnected the adjacent 5 games against the left-hander.
He blazed done the opening acceptable successful 28 minutes, galore of the Centre Court seats inactive bare arsenic fans sought refreshment aft watching Aryna Sabalenka's 2-hour-and-54-minute quarterfinal victory.
Alcaraz ne'er fto Norrie into the lucifer -- facing lone 5 interruption points and redeeming each of them. He compiled 39 winners and 13 aces to spell with 26 unforced errors.
"To beryllium capable to play different semifinal present astatine Wimbledon is ace special," Alcaraz said successful an on-court interrogation aft finishing disconnected the quarterfinal lucifer successful 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Alcaraz won 89% of his first-serve points against Norrie, the highest people successful immoderate large lucifer of his young career.
He volition look No. 5 American Taylor Fritz for a spot successful the final.
Alcaraz volition person 2 days disconnected earlier facing Fritz connected Friday, owing to the All England Club schedule.
When asked however helium would usage the time, 1 instrumentality successful the assemblage suggested helium could instrumentality to Ibiza, the Balearic land wherever Alcaraz celebrated aft winning his 2nd consecutive French Open past month.
Alcaraz had thing much sedate successful mind.
"For definite I'm going to play immoderate golf, conscionable to power up my caput a small bit," Alcaraz said
He has been playing play with Andy Murray during his Wimbledon run.
This time, his opponent could beryllium histrion Tom Holland, whom helium had tally into earlier.
"I would emotion to play against him successful the play course. For maine it would beryllium specified an honor. I volition effort to acceptable it up successful these 2 days that I volition person overmuch clip to bash it. So let's spot if helium volition beryllium available, and we'll tee it up."
Alcaraz is looking to go the 4th antheral to triumph the French Open and Wimbledon successful the aforesaid twelvemonth aggregate times. He would articulation Borg (3 times: 1978-80), Rod Laver (1962, 1969) and Nadal (2008, 2010).
ESPN Research, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
