Aryna Sabalenka (AP Photo) London: Aryna Sabalenka sat at her chairman of the court, his head covered with a towel, disappeared for a minute at the same time from the rustle and the hustle and bustle of the Wimbledon Center Court. It was involved in the battle Royale against Laura Siegemund, seasoned with German, which tested the game and the guts of World No. 1.Sabalenka in her eleventh main quarterfinals went 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in two hours and 54 minutes, the third longest match of the championship this year. Siegemund, 37, has an unorthodox game and style. World No. 104 played with lots of underground underline on both sides and ensured that Sabalenek 5 FT 11 had to get down to play her shots. The Belarusian even gave up on the pitch, met the ball at her shoes and tried to intervene.The German, in his second quarterfinals of the Grand Slam, likes to devote his time in court, between points and cords in every service game, even got a warning.
It was a test for Sabalenek in all directions.Belarus, who watched 1-3 in the judges, found that the adhesive that holds her risky game to win five of the last six games to make her 12th semifinals of the Grand Slam semifinals and the third on SW19. Basically there wasn’t much to choose between players except that 27 years oldHe gained 10 points more than her opponent in the total number. Siegemund faced 13 breakthrough points and the highest deployment 11.“I was well prepared for her game, how she took time and everything, but of course, I was fighting inside. She was playing a really smart game. I was missing a lot at the beginning, I felt like I was in a hurry. I’m really glad that after the first set I was able to reset.“I wasn’t really angry about her game. What can I do? It was a great game, a smart game. It was hard to play for my body, but I managed,” she said.Sabalenka compared her quarterfinals of Wimbledon partly to the final of Roland Garros against Coco Gauff, which she lost perfectly with her peace.In the semifinals on Thursday, Sabalenek will play American Amanda Anisimova, who scored a strong victory of 6-1, 7-6 (9) over Russian Anastasia Pavluchenkov. 23-year-old Anisimova, who took an eight-month break in the field of mental health in May 2023, saw her evaluation falling apart from the top-400, but on Tuesday she made her second main semifinals.
Alcaraz via Semis
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz released around Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semifinals on Tuesday. Previously, the American Fifth seed Taylor Fritz pulled around Russian Karen Khachanov to create the last four levels for the first time with a victory of 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4).After ending on the wrong side of five hundred competitions in Church Road Quarters, against Rafael Nadal (2022) and against Lorenzo Musetti last year, Fritz held his nerves to complete a two -hour, 36 -minute victory.
