Brave performances see four semi-final spots booked on Day 9 at SW19 The first Wimbledon semi-final spots were secured on Tuesday in the men’s and women’s draws as the action ramps up at the All England Club. Some have made it this far at the tournament for the very first time, while others got back to familiar territory. The clock is about to strike 11pm in London and a 39-year-old Novak Djokovic has just finished battling through a 5hr 15min match against a player 14 years his junior, in Félix Auger-Aliassime, to punch his ticket to an eighth consecutive, and 15th overall, Wimbledon semi-final and a 55th career Grand Slam semi-final. “With a racquet and a lot of heart,” said an exhausted Djokovic on court after contesting the longest Wimbledon quarter-final in history. “A lot of… I guess… management of the nerves and the extreme tension that you feel in this kind of matches. Towards the end, it was really anybody's game. I think the scoreline was pretty much even all the way through. I mean, that's kind of a reality, image or presentation of this kind of match today.”
Published: July 7, 2026 11:52 pm
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