Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday, beating the ultimate British participant within the 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 singles bracket.
Alcaraz prolonged his career-high profitable streak to 23 video games. That is the longest tour-level profitable streak for below 22 since Juan Martin del Potro gained 23 straight wins from Stuttgart in 2008 on the 19-year-old US Open.
Second seeded Alcaraz turned the second Spanish participant in historical past to succeed in the male singles semi-finals at Wimbledon thrice. The opposite was Rafael Nadal.
After Nolly served to open the match on centre court docket, Alcaraz rattled and managed the following 5 video games in opposition to the left-handed.
He burned the opening set in 28 minutes. Most of the centre court docket seats are nonetheless open as followers have been hoping for a refresh after seeing Alina Sabarenka’s two-hour and 54-minute quarter-final victory.
Alcaraz by no means put Norrie within the match. He mixed 39 winners and 13 aces, utilizing 26 unprotected errors.
“It is very particular to have the ability to play one other semi-final right here at Wimbledon,” Alcaraz stated in an on-court interview after ending the quarter-final match in 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Alcaraz scored 89% of his first serve factors in opposition to Nolly, the perfect mark within the main matches of his younger profession.
He faces the fifth American Taylor Fritz and wins a spot within the closing.
Alcaraz is about to develop into the fourth man to win the French Open and Wimbledon a number of occasions in the identical yr. He participated in Bjorn Borg (3 occasions: 1978-80), Rod Laver (1962, 1969), and Nadal (2008, 2010).
ESPN analysis, Related Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
