Men's semifinal scores, highlights

The Wimbledon men's semifinals have some familiar names and one player who has come out of nowhere to become the surprise of the tournament.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will take on Novak Djokovic, who is attempting to win his eighth Wimbledon crown and his 25th Grand Slam championship. The 39-year-old Djokovic survived a five-set thriller, beating No. 3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), in a tournament quarterfinal that lasted a record five hours and 15 minutes. Sinner dominated Djokovic in last year's semifinal before going on to beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final.

The other semifinal features Arthur Fery, a wild card ranked No. 114 at the start of the tournament, against Alexander Zverev, who is seeking his second Grand Slam title after a triumph at Roland Garros. It will be Fery and Zverev's first meeting, and Fery is attempting to become the second British player in the Open Era to reach the men’s singles final following Andy Murray.

Zverev takes commanding two-set lead

Opportunities to cut into the lead are coming few and far between for Fery, who has only eight winners through the first two sets.

Zverev showed his consistency and shot-making power, taking the second set 6-2 and has taken the pro-Britain crowd completely out of the match. Zverev, with his baseline game on point and eight aces so far, finished off the second set in an efficient 38 minutes.

Zverev taking early control in second set

Fery's service game fell apart as Zverev muscled his way to a two-game lead with two beautiful forehand winners and an unforced backhand error by Fery. At one point, Zverev won straight nine points. If the Brit doesn't correct his inconsistent play soon, this match won't last much longer. After breaking Fery again in the fifth game, Zverev now has a commanding 4-1 lead in the second.

Zverev takes first set in tiebreak, sets tone with serve

Zverev, who is seeking back-to-back Grand Slam titles, is making the most of his serve, sometimes hitting 130 mph and converting 76% on his first serve, and he had seven aces to take the first 7-6, offsetting 18 unforced errors. Zverev easily won every point of the tiebreak and is two sets away from the Wimbledon final.

First set heading to tiebreak

Fery, serving to stay in the set, got off to a rough start, sending a forehand winner into the crowd, but settled down as Zverev continued his sloppy play, committing three unforced errors in the game, with the match even at 6 games apiece.

Fery battles back in first set

After being down a break early in the first set, the wild card Fery has battled back to tie the score at 3. Fery broke Zverev in the fifth game and, up 40-30 in the next game, allowed the No. 2 seed to get back to deuce before winning the game on another unforced error by Zverev.

How to watch Wimbledon 2026

Television coverage of Wimbledon from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is being broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.

Dates: June 29 - July 12

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Recent Wimbledon men's singles champions

The most recent men's singles winners at Wimbledon:

2025: Jannik Sinner, Italy

2024: Carlos Alcaraz, Spain

2023: Carlos Alcaraz, Spain

2022: Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2021: Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2020: No tournament (COVID-19 pandemic)

2019: Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2018: Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2017: Roger Federer, Switzerland

2016: Andy Murray, Great Britain

2015: Novak Djokovic, Serbia

Today's Wimbledon schedule, results

All times Eastern

Men's singles

Friday, July 10

No. 2 Alexander Zverev, Germany vs. Arthur Fery, Great Britain, 8:30 a.m.

No. 1 Jannik Sinner, Italy vs. No. 7 Novak Djokovic, Serbia, approx. 10:10 a.m.

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