WIMBLEDON — World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka survived a scare from Laura Siegemund in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, coming from a break down twice in the third set in a Centre Court thriller to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in 2 hours and 54 minutes — the third-longest match of this year’s Championships. Sabalenka advances to her 12th career Grand Slam semifinal, and third at Wimbledon.
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Sabalenka has made at least the last four in 10 of her last 11 major appearances dating back to the 2022 US Open. The only exception in this timeframe was her quarterfinal finish at Roland Garros 2024, where she fell to Mirra Andreeva. She also advances to a tour-leading ninth semifinal of 2025, ahead of Iga Swiatek’s six in second place.
A runner-up at the Australian Open and Roland Garros already this season, Sabalenka will bid to make her third Grand Slam final of the year against either No. 13 seed Amanda Anisimova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The last player to reach the first three major finals of a single season was Serena Williams in 2016.
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