Alexander Zverev reached his first Wimbledon men's singles semifinal on Wednesday with a straight-sets victory over Taylor Fritz, while British wildcard Arthur Fery continued his remarkable run by advancing to the last four.

Germany's Alexander Zverev reacts as he plays against US player Taylor Fritz during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on the tenth day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Second seed Zverev defeated sixth seed Fritz 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to end a seven-match losing streak against the American and secure his maiden Wimbledon semifinal appearance. The victory also kept the recent French Open champion on course for a second Grand Slam title.

"He has been beating me for two years straight and I'm very happy to be in the semifinals after finally getting a win," Zverev said. "Today I knew I had to play an almost perfect match, and I felt like I did that."

Zverev will next face Britain's Arthur Fery, who stunned ninth seed Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal.

Britain's Arthur Fery celebrates winning against Italy's Flavio Cobolli during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on the tenth day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Ranked 114th in the world, the 23-year-old became the first men's wildcard to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in 25 years after producing another composed performance in front of a home crowd.

"I felt emotions that I've never experienced before in my life," Fery said. "I'm just going to keep going. I've been doing a great job for the past 10 days, so I'm just going to do the same thing."

In the women's singles, 12th seed Marta Kostyuk defeated Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-2 to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal and first at Wimbledon.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk returns to Italy's Jasmine Paolini during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on the tenth day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Kostyuk dedicated the victory to her 89-year-old grandfather.

"I'm so happy I'm able to do this while my grandpa is still alive," she said. "He's always telling me what I should do better, but these past few matches he was just telling me how proud he was."

Ninth seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic defeated Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-3, 7-5 to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.

"The feelings are incredible. Like never before," the 21-year-old said. "This is why I'm playing tennis, for these matches and these courts."