In the first semifinal of the 2024 Wimbledon men's singles that ended on the evening of July 12, Beijing time, defending champion Alcaraz defeated No. 5 seed Medvedev 3-1 to advance to the final, achieving three consecutive victories against opponents. The scores in the four sets were 6 (1)-7, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4.
Alcaraz and Medvedev have met six times before, with the Spain talent holding a 4-2 advantage. Despite being eliminated 3-1 by Medvedev in the semi-finals of last year's US Open, Alcaraz has beaten his opponent in two subsequent meetings.
And this time they met again, and the first set between the two sides was still very intense. Medvedev was chased to 5-all by Alcaraz despite leading 5-2. However, in the tie-break, Medvedev still took a strong 5-0 lead and finally won the tie-break 7-1 to win the first set.
In the second set, Alcaraz launched a counterattack, broke serve first in the fourth game, and took a 4-1 lead after holding serve in the fifth game, and finally Alcaraz pulled back a set 6-3. In the third set, Alcaraz broke first in the third game, after which both sides held serve. Alcaraz won another set 6-4 with the only break of the game and took a 2-1 aggregate lead.
In the crucial fourth set, after both sides broke serve at the beginning, Alcaraz completed another crucial break in the seventh game and took a 5-3 lead after holding serve in the eighth game. In the end, Alcaraz won the fourth set 6-4, thus eliminating Medvedev 3-1, winning three consecutive victories against his opponent and advancing to this year's Wimbledon men's singles final.
This is the second year in a row that Alcaraz has beaten Medvedev in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, and this year's French Open and Wimbledon have reached back-to-back finals, winning 13 consecutive Grand Slam and Wimbledon matches. It was also his fourth Grand Slam final, having won the final three times before.