Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating Cam Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday.
Alcaraz extended his career-best winning streak to 23 matches — the longest tour-level win streak by any man age 22 or younger since Juan Martin del Potro won 23 straight matches in 2008 from Stuttgart to the US Open as a 19-year-old.
Alcaraz became just the second Spanish player in history to reach the men’s singles semifinals at Wimbledon on three occasions — the other was Rafael Nadal.
After Norrie held serve to open the match on Centre Court, the second-seeded Alcaraz took control by rattling off the next five games against the left-handed Briton.
He blazed through the opening set in 28 minutes, many of the Centre Court seats still empty as fans sought refreshment after watching Aryna Sabalenka‘s 2-hour and 54-minute quarterfinal victory.
Alcaraz never let Norrie into the match — facing only five break points and saving all of them. He compiled 39 winners and 13 aces to go with 26 unforced errors.
“To be able to play another semifinal here at Wimbledon is super special,” Alcaraz said in an on-court interview after finishing off the quarterfinal match in 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Alcaraz won 89% of his first serve points against Norrie, the highest mark in any major match of his young career.
He will face No. 5 American Taylor Fritz for a spot in the final.
Alcaraz is looking to become the fourth man ever to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year multiple times. He would join Bjorn Borg (3 times: 1978-80), Rod Laver (1962, 1969) and Nadal (2008, 2010).
ESPN Research, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
