Wimbledon 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Sabalenka features in semi-final action NOW, Djokovic, Fritz, Alcaraz and Sinner all wait

Sabalenka* 3-4 Anisimova

Anisimova JUST misses the tramline with a forehand - the Hawk-Eye 'close call' replay barely shows a gap between the bounce mark and the line.

But a double fault follows before the backhand lets her down and drifts long.

And suddenly from 15-40 up on the Sabalenka serve she has lost seven points in a row and faces three break points...

Anisimova saves the first with a strong wide serve.

And the second, too - although that was more a case of Sabalenka wasting a look at a second serve by booming long.

And it is that famous backhand that gets the No13 seed out of trouble to save the third with a crunching winner up the line. Delightful tennis.

An ace. A double fault. Deuce.

Nice play from Sabalenka, finished off by showing lovely touch in the forecourt with a backhand short slice and it is a fourth break point...

Second serve... on the forehand... return in the net. Let off for Anisimova. Deuce again.

And again the backhand comes up trumps for the American as she wins a backhand baseline battle.

Sabalenka sends a backhand long and that is a gutsy hold from 0-40 down.

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