Wimbledon men's final ratings up and semifinals were most-viewed since last Federer-Nadal matchup
The final between the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the men's rankings averaged nearly 2.9 million viewers. That came after semifinal Friday when Sinner beat Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz ousted Taylor Fritz averaged 1.3 million viewers, up 34 percent from last year. The semifinal viewership was the highest since Federer beat Nadal in their 40th matchup before Djokovic outlasted him in a fifth-set tiebreaker in a match between two of tennis greatest champions.
The network also said the women's semis, which included American Amanda Anisimova upsetting No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, averaged 897,000 viewers, the most since 2015 when Serena Williams was part of the final four.
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