{"id":1763,"date":"2025-07-11T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:52:49","slug":"wimbledon-ladies-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/2025\/07\/11\/wimbledon-ladies-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon &#8211; Ladies Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfbe <strong>Women\u2019s Singles Semifinals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a day of big breakthroughs and dominant performances in the women\u2019s semifinals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Amanda Anisimova<\/strong> caused a major upset by defeating top seed <strong>Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong> in a tense three-set battle, 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20134. This win sends Anisimova into her first Grand Slam final and makes her the youngest American finalist at Wimbledon since Serena Williams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iga Swiatek<\/strong> was in top form, dismantling <strong>Belinda Bencic<\/strong> in a commanding 6\u20132, 6\u20130 victory. Swiatek, already a multiple Slam winner, will now play in her first Wimbledon final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Mixed Doubles Final<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Katerina Siniakova<\/strong> and <strong>Sem Verbeek<\/strong> clinched the mixed doubles title with a double tiebreak win over <strong>Joe Salisbury<\/strong> and <strong>Luisa Stefani<\/strong>, 7\u20136(3), 7\u20136(3).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s Siniakova\u2019s first mixed Slam title and Verbeek\u2019s first major overall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite strong support from the home crowd, Salisbury and Stefani came up just short in key moments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc6b <strong>Men\u2019s Doubles Semifinals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The British team of <strong>Julian Cash &amp; Lloyd Glasspool<\/strong> made history by becoming the first all-British men\u2019s pair in 65 years to reach a Wimbledon final. They beat Granollers &amp; Zeballos 6\u20133, 6\u20134.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, <strong>Rinky Hijikata &amp; David Pel<\/strong> surprised the field by reaching the final after an impressive semifinal win over the top seeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\ude91 <strong>Djokovic Injury Watch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Concerns emerged around <strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong>\u2019s fitness after he skipped practice following a slip in his previous match. He\u2019s set to face Jannik Sinner in the semifinal, but his status remains uncertain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u23ed <strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Toady features the <strong>Men\u2019s Singles semifinals<\/strong>: Djokovic vs. Sinner and Alcaraz vs. Fritz.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stage is set for an exciting weekend, with Swiatek and Anisimova facing off in the women\u2019s final and both doubles titles still up for grabs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Onto the Fantasy Leaderboard:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our leader &#8216;Deuce Bags&#8217; remain in the lead and their lead remains at 10 points over still joint 2nd place between &#8216;Wuthering Heights&#8217; and &#8216;Get a Grip&#8217;. &#8216;Carry on Regardless&#8217; and &#8216;Slamdunk&#8217; remain in 4th and 5th spot respectively meaning that there has been no change to the top 5 on day 11. &#8216;SERVED&#8217; drops a point and a place and now sit in 6th with &#8216;Lucky Strings&#8217; and &#8216;Grasshopper&#8217; sitting in joint 7th spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>47th spot is currently being occupied by &#8216;Dropshots&#8217; and 87th spot is currently being occupied by &#8216;YNOT&#8217;, The other spot prizes are still hotly contested with multiple people occupying the spot. The wooden spoon remains with &#8216;Forrest Town&#8217; who sit 7 points behind &#8216;Green Gables&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"793\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Top-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1765\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Top-Half.png 355w, http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Top-Half-134x300.png 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top Half<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Bottom-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Bottom-Half.png 340w, http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Ladies-Semi-Final-Bottom-Half-149x300.png 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bottom Half<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfbe Women\u2019s Singles Semifinals It was a day of big breakthroughs and dominant performances in the women\u2019s semifinals: \ud83c\udfc6 Mixed Doubles Final \ud83d\udc6b Men\u2019s Doubles Semifinals \ud83d\ude91 Djokovic Injury Watch \u23ed Looking Ahead Onto the Fantasy Leaderboard: Our leader &#8216;Deuce Bags&#8217; remain in the lead and their lead remains at 10 points over still joint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wimbledon-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1767,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions\/1767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}