Wimbledon Order of Play today: Day 12 schedule, live scores, results with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in action
There are two mouth-watering encounters going down in the last four of the men's singles draw.
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz takes on Taylor Fritz, the Eastbourne Open champion and fifth seed, while seven-time winner at the All England Club, Novak Djokovic, faces world No1 Jannik Sinner.
Alcaraz, whose title defence continues after he ended Briton Cameron Norrie's dreams in devastating fashion in the quarter-finals, will play Fritz for the third time in his career, looking to extend his 2-0 win streak over the American world No5.
Sinner, meanwhile, is hunting a maiden major title on grass, having never reached the final in south west London.
He takes on a man who knows a fair bit about this tournament, Djokovic, who defeated Alex de Minaur in four sets to earn his ticket into the last four.
Sinner, however, had luck on his side in his quarter-final against Grigor Dimitrov. The Bulgarian 19th seed was forced to forfeit the match injured while two sets up against the top seed, who was having an off-day.
Wimbledon Schedule | Order of play for Friday July 11, 2025
All times BST, 11am start unless stated. Seeds in brackets.
Centre Court (1.30pm BST start)
Taylor Fritz (USA) [5] vs Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [2]
Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6]
Court No1 (1pm BST start)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) & Desirae Krawczyk (USA) vs Veronika Kudermetova & Elise Mertens (BEL) [8]
Martin De La Puente (ESP) [3] vs Alfie Hewett (GBR) [2]
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) & Taylor Townsend (USA) [1] vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) & Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) [4]
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