FABIO FOGNINI has announced his retirement from tennis aged 38. The Italian maverick decided to hang up his racquet following his epic first round exit to Carlos Alcaraz last week. Two-time

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating Cameron Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Alcaraz is establishing a Grand Slam pattern which spells danger for the rest of the field: get him early, or risk not getting him at all.

By Ossian Shine LONDON (Reuters) -Aryna Sabalenka was dragged into a bygone era on Tuesday and tormented for almost three hours on Wimbledon’s Centre Court before finally imposing her 21st-century power game to beat mesmeric Laura Siegemund for a place in the semi-finals.

Alcaraz's tennis is so often a highlight reel but on grass, he does his most devastating work in the negative spaces of points.