It was a hard-fought match, but Belinda Bencic is advancing to the semifinal at Wimbledon. In an extremely tight match, Bencic upset No. 7 Mirra Andreeva in straight sets (7-6, 7-6) to advance at the tournament.

Iga Swiatek has reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late stages.

Iga Swiatek, four of whose Grand Slam titles have come on clay at Roland Garros, advanced to her first Wimbledon semifinal Wednesday by defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5.