Italy's Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from tennis on Wednesday, calling time on a 21-year career that culminated with a memorable five-set thriller against defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz that left Centre Court on its feet.

Former top-10 player Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from professional tennis on Wednesday at Wimbledon , where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-setter on Day 1 of the tournament last week.

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz swept Cameron Norrie in three sets on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals.

Switzerland's Belinda Bencic won two tiebreaks to beat Russian seventh seed Mirra Andreeva 7-6(3) 7-6(2) on Wednesday and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time. The only mother left in the singles draw smashed her first of four match points to win the second tie-break of the contest and become her country's first women's semi-finalist since Martina Hingis in 1998.

Sinner and Novak Djokovic earned their way into a star-studded men’s semifinal following their victories Wednesday.