The first tennis player in the world, Janik Siner, finished his participation at Wimbledon - Danil Medvedev was better than the Italian, who won after five sets (6:7, 6:4, 7:6, 2:6, 6:3) and qualified to the semi-finals.
Today, Medvedev ended a streak of five defeats in duels with Siner.
There was no break in the first set, so the winner was decided in a tie-break in which Siner used the second set ball and took a 1:0 lead.
Unlike the first, the second set saw one break in the third game. Medvedev reached him, who took away his rival's serve, preserved his advantage and equalized.
Medvedev also had a break advantage in the third set, then led 5:4 and served for the lead in sets. However, Siner took advantage of the break and equalized (5:5), and then missed two set points in the 12th game. Then the third set went to a tie-break in which Medvedev, however, reached a 2:1 lead.
The Russian played the fourth set poorly, Siner tied five games and easily equalized.
In the fifth set, Medvedev got back on track, and the decisive game was the fourth in which the Russian made the third break point. He took a 3:1 lead, kept the lead and advanced to the semifinals, where he will play against Carlos Alcaraz in a repeat of last year's semifinals.
The current Wimbledon champion defeated Tommy Paul 3:1 - 5:7, 6:4, 6:2, 6:2 today after losing the first set and a reversal.
At the start of the first set, both tennis players made a break, and then in the 12th game, Pol took advantage of a new break and the first set ball to take a 1:0 lead.
And the beginning of the second set belonged to the American, who made another break and took a 2:0 lead. But then Alkaras woke up, played better, regained the break, then once again took away the rival's serve, reversed and reached the tie in sets.
Until the end of the match, the Spaniard controlled the situation on the court - he made three breaks in the third set, two in the fourth and advanced to the new semi-finals.
When it comes to the women's part of the tournament, Croatian tennis player Dona Vekić qualified for the semifinals, defeating New Zealander Lula San 5:7, 6:4, 6:1.
Vekić advanced to the first semi-final of Wimbledon.
She will play in the semifinals with the Italian Jasmin Paolini, who eliminated the American Emma Navarro 6:2, 6:1.
She reached the victory over the 17th player on the WTA list after 58 minutes.
Paolini broke her opponent's serve five times, allowing one break on the other side.
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