Wimbledon 2023 live: Order of play as Ukrainian hero Elina Svitolina targets spot in final

How can I watch Wimbledon?

Wimbledon will be shown on the BBC in the UK, with full coverage of the tournament available to watch on BBC One, BBC Two and across the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

What is today’s TV schedule?

11:00-21:00 – Live coverage of outside courts – BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer

12:30-21:00 – Live coverage – BBC Two

13:00-21:00 – Live coverage of Court One – BBC iPlayer

13:45-18:00 – Live coverage – BBC One

19:00-21:00 – Live coverage – BBC One

21:00-22:00 – Today at Wimbledon – BBC Two

Women’s singles semi-finals

Ons Jabeur (TUN) [6] vs Aryna Sabalenka [2]

Men’s singles semi-finals

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [1] vs Daniil Medvedev [3]

Carlos Alcaraz is through to his first Wimbledon semi-final after defeating Holger Rune 7-6 6-4 6-4 to set up a clash with Daniil Medvedev. The Spaniard edged an entertaining first set on a tiebreak before showing his class in the second and third in what was the first Wimbledon quarter-final between two men under the age of 21 in the Open era.

In the other men’s quarter-final on Wednesday, Christopher Eubanks’ dream run was ended in a five-set thriller by Medvedev, the third seed. The American was two sets to one up but eventually Medvedev prevailed with a 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 victory.

Already in the semi-finals is defending men’s champion, Novak Djokovic, who sealed his place in his 46th grand slam semi-final as he saw off the challenge of Andrey Rublev. Meeting him will be Jannik Sinner, the 21-year-old Italian, who became the second youngest man to reach this stage of Wimbledon since 2007 when he defeated Roman Safiullin in his quarter-final.

In the women’s section, Ons Jabeur got her revenge on Elena Rybakina to set up a semi-final clash with Aryna Sabalenka. In the reverse of last year’s final, Jabeur fought from a set down to earn a brilliant 6-7 6-4 6-1 win, flashing a stunning array of winners to break Rybakina twice in the third set and end the 24-year-old’s title defence.

After Sabalenka was banned from competing at the Championships last year, the Belarusian defeated the in-form American Madison Keys to return to the semi-finals, winning four games in a row to turn the second set around and win 6-4 6-2.

Wimbledon is braced for the possibility of a politically-charged final as top players from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine remain in contention at the Championships.

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, the third seed, is also having his best run at the tournament and is through to the semi-finals for the first time.

It comes a year after players from Russia and Belarus were banned from the All England Club following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Wimbledon has been unable to avoid controversy after allowing players from both countries to return to the tournament in 2023.

CENTRE COURT – 13:30 START (8:30 ET)

1. Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)

2. Ons Jabeur (TUN) [6] vs Aryna Sabalenka [2]

3. Mixed Doubles Final – Mate Pavic (CRO) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) [7] vs Joran Vliegen (BEL) / Yifan Xu (CHN

Speaking about his future after reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals, Christopher Eubanks said: “It’s a bit tough right after the match to jump right into setting lofty goals at this point.

“If I can continue to have the joy that I had on court for these past three weeks, continue to work as hard as I’ve been doing over the past year, I think good things are going to happen and it’s kind of going to take care of itself.

“I’m having a great time. I’m probably having the most fun I’ve ever had in playing tennis. I’m going to continue to try to ride this momentum out.

In addition to his standout results and all-action performances, Eubanks also attracted attention due to having a similar name to British former boxing world champion Chris Eubank.

“I think the first I heard about him was probably right after I went pro,” he said. “I had a Wikipedia page. All of a sudden I saw there was a name very similar to mine. That was when I started to be like, ‘who is this guy? He seems to be a pretty cool guy’.

“I don’t know nearly that much about him. I do know he is a pretty sharp dresser and I guess I’d say flamboyant – is that a right word to use about him?”.

Chris Eubanks believes he is able to compete with the world’s best following his remarkable run at Wimbledon but intends to avoid setting “lofty goals”.

He upset seeded stars Cameron Norrie and Stefanos Tsitsipas en route to the quarter-finals and looked set to once again punch above his weight before his progress was halted by defeat in a five-set thriller with 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev.

“I would say I definitely believe a lot more in my ability to contend with some of the best players in the world,” he said following his 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-1 loss on Court One.

“It’s tough to really know until you’ve played some of the best players in the world.

“I’ve seen how my game stacks up against them, how I can disrupt them, how I can frustrate them.

“I think it just gives me added confidence in my ability that I know I can compete with some of the best players in the world, whereas maybe I didn’t fully know or believe that before.”

Fourteen-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic is among a trio of British juniors to make it through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

Stojsavljevic, who is ranked 282nd and making her Wimbledon debut, followed up her second-round victory over fourth seed Lucciana Perez Alarcon by taking out Australian 13th seed Emerson Jones 6-1 7-5.

“I think it went really well, especially in the first set, I felt like I was just cruising, really comfortable out there,” said Stojsavljevic. “It was a bit of a surprise, I thought I’d be a little bit more nervous but I was quite chill.”

The total prize money for this year’s Wimbledon across the men’s and women’s singles tournaments is up to a record £32,154,000.

It represents an increase of 10.9 per cent from 2022 and the total amount will be split equally across the men’s and women’s tournaments.

The winners of the men’s and women’s singles will take home a record £2.35m, which is an increase of 17.5 per cent on what Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina won in 2022.