World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka forces comeback to advance to Wimbledon semis

The GIST: Forget champagne bottles — Wimbledon has been all about the tea, with piping hot stories steeped in drama across both the women’s and men’s singles competitions. Read on to fill your cup(pa) with all the latest.

🔥 World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka survives quarter-finals (QFs) thriller, two QFs remain: Today’s slate features No. 8 Iga Świątek in just her second-ever Wimbledon QF, taking on No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova. Elsewhere on Centre Court, teen phenom No. 7 Mirra Andreeva faces Belinda Bencic, the only mother still in the running for the title.

• As for the other side of the bracket, top-ranked Sabalenka lost her first QF set yesterday, but launched an astounding response to book a spot in tomorrow’s semi. Her opponent? The last American woman standing, No. 13 Amanda Anisimova, who’s staging a comeback of her own.

👀 Can No. 10 Ben Shelton defy the odds and top No. 1 Jannik Sinner?: All that’s standing between Trinity Rodman’s boyfriend and his first Wimbledon semi is Sinner…the top-ranked men’s player. But Sinner looks vulnerable, advancing to today’s QF only after his injured opponent retired on Monday, while also dealing with his own elbow injury.

• Meanwhile, before two-time defending champ No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz takes on No. 5 Taylor Fritz in Friday’s semi, No. 22 Flavio Cobolli will face his idol, No. 6 Novak Djokovic, in today’s QF, as the latter attempts to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon semi.