It may be discouraging for bettors that Anisimova lost to Sabalenka in straights at the French Open, but the conditions at Wimbledon should suit her more than the clay at Roland Garros.

AMERICAN AMANDA ANISIMOVA reached her first Wimbledon semi-final with a 6-1, 7-6 (11/9) victory over Russian world number 50 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday. Anisimova, seeded 13th, saved five set points in a dramatic second set on Court One before finally sealing the win at the fourth time of asking.

Aryna Sabalenka grabbed the last three games to reach the Wimbledon semifinals by overcoming 104th-ranked Laura Siegemund on Tuesday.