With the men having played their matches today, the semifinals matchups for both the gentlemen and ladies singles have been set at Wimbledon. The semifinals will prominently feature Rodger Federer and Venus Williams, who have won a combined 25 grand slams. The other six semi-finalists have won a combined two grand slams.
Results from the men's quarterfinals matchups
Rodger Federer handily took care of Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to advance to his 12th semifinal appearance at Wimbledon. He will now be the clear favorite as he searches for his 19th grand slam and 8th championship at Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic retired his match to Tomas Berdych after being down 7-6 (7-2), 2-0 due to an elbow injury that he says has been bothering him for over a year. For the 31-year-old Berdych, this will be his 3rd semifinal appearance at Wimbledon and his 7th overall in grand slams. Federer and Berdych will now face each other in the semifinals.
Marin Cilic ended Gilles Muller's run at Wimbledon by defeating him in five sets 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1. This is Cilic's first semifinal appearance at Wimbledon and 4th overall at grand slams. He defeated Ken Nishikori back in 2014 to win the US Open, his only grand slam victory.
In the most shocking result of the day, Sam Querrey upset defending champion Andy Murray 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1, 6-1.
This was Murray's first loss to an American player since the 2011 Miami Open. This will be Querrey's first semifinal appearance and he is the first America male to get this far in a singles grand slam since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2009. Cilic and Querrey will now face each other in the semifinals.
A look at the women's semifinals matchups
Venus Williams defeated French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 7-5 to reach her 10th semifinals at Wimbledon and her first since 2009. At 37-years-old since is the oldest semifinalist at the event since Martina Navratilova in 1994. This was the first time in her career that she has beaten a player who won the previous major.
Williams will now face Great Britain's Johanna Konta, who rallied to upset Simona Halep 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Konta is the first British women to get this far at Wimbledon since Virginia Wade in 1978. This is her first semifinal appearance at the event and second ever at a grand slam.
Garbine Muguruza defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4 to reach her second semifinal appearance at Wimbledon. She also won the French Open in 2016. Muguruza will be facing unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova, who defeated Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-3. This will be Rybarikova's first semifinal appearance in a grand slam, having previously never gotten past the third round.
