Wimbledon: Alcaraz dominates Norrie, Fritz knocks out Khachanov to advance to semis-OxBig News Network

Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz sealed their spots in the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2025, following their commanding wins on Tuesday, July 8. While Fritz faced a bit of a challenge by Karen Khachanov, Cameron Norrie was no match for Alcaraz, as the two-time defending champion stamped his authority over the British player.

Alcaraz didn’t even let Norrie breathe as he earned two break points quite early in the first set courtesy of a double fault from the 2022 Wimbledon semi-finalist. The crowd was firmly behind the local lad, but he failed to channel their support in his game. He was completely dominated by Alcaraz, who sealed the first set in 28 minutes without breaking a sweat.

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Norrie put up some fight in the subsequent sets backed by the local crowd but was no match to Alcaraz, who was clinical as ever at the Centre court. The Spaniard earned 13 aces and five break points in a scintillating display of Tennis. He eventually sealed a comfortable 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 straight set victory, registering his 23^rd consecutive win at Wimbledon.

The 22-year-old also reached his eighth Grand Slam semi-final as he eyes a hat-trick of titles. Meanwhile, on Court 1 Taylor Fritz qualified for his maiden Wimbledon semi-finals after a topsy-turvy four-setter victory against Karen Khachanov. The American sealed the first two sets rather comfortably before Kachanov staged a brilliant comeback by winning eight out of the next nine games.

Kachanov fights hard in last 2 sets

The Russian took the third set 6-1 before Fritz found his mojo back in the fourth set and eventually emerged victorious in the tie breaker, sealing a 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) win. Following his win, the American admitted that he didn’t expect the game to change drastically and had to fight hard in the fourth set to regain control.

“I’ve never really had the match change like that so drastically where I felt so in control, playing great, serving great. I didn’t feel like my serve was in danger, I felt like I was putting a lot of pressure on his serve. I felt like I couldn’t miss and then, out of nowhere, I just started making a ton of mistakes. So I really just had to fight to get that break back in the fourth and kind of just get the match back to neutral,” said Fritz during his on-court interview.

Meanwhile, after having a contrasting path into the quarterfinals, Alcaraz and Fritz are set to fight for a place in the final as they lock horns in the semi-final on Friday, July 11.

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