Follow live reaction to day nine at Wimbledon, with top seed Jannik Sinner, USA's Tommy Paul and Emma Navarro knocked out at SW19
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Wimbledon 2024 — Day nine live updates
- USA's Paul, Navarro beaten by Alcaraz (3), Paolini (7) respectively
- Jannik Sinner (1) knocked out by Daniil Medvedev (5) in five sets
- Donna Vekic beats qualifier Lulu Sun on rain-affected Day Nine
- Djokovic, Fritz, Svitolina win on Monday; Zverev, Collins (11) out
- Watch on the BBC in the UK, ESPN and ABC in the US
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Nothing but respect
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Not the needle that has followed many of the interactions at the net at this tournament.
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Doubles results
So what's happened in the doubles?
In the men's, Krawietz/Putz (8) beat Americans Withrow/Lammons (12) 6-3, 6-4, on Court 1, while in the women's, Krejcikova/Siegemund (8) beat Kudermetova/Chan (12) 6-1, 6-2.
In the women's, second seeds Routliffe/Dabrowski are 2-1 up on serve against Kostyuk/Ruse on Court 1 - that's the last match on today.
No mixed doubles matches happened today because of the rain.
What about the mixed doubles?
Similar situation.
Volynets/Ram vs Willis/Barnett and Krawczyk/Skupski vs Bucsa/Martin are set to be played on the outside courts tonight, weather permitting.
While Nicholls/Patten vs Routliffe/Venus and Murray/Townsend vs Krawietz/Panova are set to be pushed to tomorrow morning.
On Centre Court right now?
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They've moved the women's doubles match between Barbora Krejcikova/Laura Siegemund (8) vs Chan Hao-ching/Veronika Kudermetova (12).
Of the other three matches due to be played today, Ruse/Kostyuk vs Routliffe/Dabrowski will be played on Court 1 after the men's doubles match just mentioned, while the other two are currently set to be pushed to tomorrow.
Those are:
- Siniakova/Townsend (4) vs Ostapenko/Kichenok (9)
- Mertens/Hsieh (1) vs Gauff/Pegula (11)
On Court 1 right now?
The only men's doubles match of the day:
Americans Jackson Withrow/Nathaniel Lammons (12) facing Germans Kevin Krawietz/Tim Putz (8).
It's 1-0 to Krawietz/Putz on serve.
Carlos Alcaraz: 'I'm going to enjoy Medvedev semi-final'
Speaking on Court 1 after his win against Tommy Paul, Carlos Alcaraz said: "He has been playing great tennis here on grass. He won Queens. I think he has been doing great stuff here in Wimbledon, beating great players, and of course today was a really difficult, difficult match for me.
"When I lost the first set it was kind of difficult for me a little but I knew it's a really long journey, really long match so I had to stay there and I'm really happy to find the solutions and find the good path."
"If I'm struggling a little bit to find the solutions if the opponent is playing great tennis and I don't get him in trouble, I believe at the end that I'll be able to come back and be able to find solutions... I believe in myself the whole time."
On the prospect of facing Medvedev, he added: "He's a really great player. It's the same semi-final as last year. Hopefully I'm going to get the same result.
"He just won against Jannik Sinner, the best player right now, so I know that he's in really good shape. I have to play my best, I have to believe in myself and try to keep going if I want to beat him, so it's going to be a difficult one - but I'm going to enjoy."
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Paolini races through
She only lost three games in that quarter-final match, Jasmine Paolini, and becomes the first Italian woman in the Open Era to make the Wimbledon semifinals.
Much deserved too.
Her reward is a last-four clash with Croatian Donna Vekic, who beat Lulu Sun earlier today.
In the men's singles, by the way, Carlos Alcaraz will face Daniil Medvedev after they beat Tommy Paul and Jannik Sinner, respectively.
Two match points for Paolini - taken!
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40-15 to Jasmine Paolini, seventh seed, against Emma Navarro, the 19th seed.
She has two changes to win it... one, now, after dragging a backhand wide.
But she gets the second!
And she has a smile as wide as Centre Court roof.
Time ticking down on Navarro's tournament
Paolini has won fourteen out of fifteen net points.
The aggression is putting Navarro on her heels and the hourglass is losing sand like crazy. A slow, sad likely end here for American Emma Navarro, who blitzed past heavy favorite Coco Gauff in the previous round.
Flat does not even begin to describe how she looks against Paolini, particularly when you compare it to the super confidence she oozed against Gauff.
Paolini serving for the match
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Ah. Emma Navarro has had a poor service game.
The American goes 0-40 down then double faults.
She's 5-1 down against Jasmine Paolini, who will now serve for the match and a place in the semifinal.
Paolini's hit 18 winners to her six.
Paolini breaks Navarro again
She's relentless, Jasmine Paolini.
After breaking American Emma Navarro again, she holds and leads 4-1 in the second set.
Just two games from the match!
She's won 93% of her net points to Navarro's 25%. Stark.
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Alcaraz pushing for the win... and gets it!
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A lovely cross-court inside-out forehand from Alcaraz, disguised cleverly, and he leads 30-0.
Ace, 40-0. Three match points.
Tommy Paul looks shell-shocked.
Another big serve, Paul goes long, Alcaraz watches it out, and he roars in delight.
'VAMOS!', twice. He shakes hands with Paul, the umpire, and takes the justified ovation from Court 1. What a player.
Paul holds!
As he had to.
He's still 5-2 down, though.
And Alcaraz has the chance to serve for the set, and the match.
Alcaraz playing otherworldly tennis
Carlos Alcaraz is absolutely incredible. The levels he's reaching in this match are ridiculous.
He's won four games in a row, including two back-to-back breaks, to lead 4-1 in the fourth set.
The third seed serving to make it 5-1, and 40-0 up, too. Paul looks plaintively to his box for advice, help, or maybe just sympathy after a ripper of a forehand winner into the corner.
Paul goes long and he's now 5-1 down against the brilliant Spaniard. Alcaraz one game away from the semifinal.
First set to Jasmine Paolini!
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Three breaks of serve for Paolini in that first set, one against, and she takes it 6-2.
She's dominating the stats, too, the only against her being unforced errors (six) to Navarro's three.
Paolini now a break up
The pocket rocket Paolini, 5ft 4ins, is such hard work for Emma Navarro.
She loves rushing forward to the net and finishing off points with aplomb after pushing American Emma Navarro behind the baseline.
And she breaks again for 4-2 then holds for 5-2.
One game from the set...
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Paolini and Navarro begin on Centre Court... and several early breaks!
On Centre Court, it's the turn of the women.
Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini plays American 19th seed Emma Navarro.
And there are two early breaks!
Navarro breaks Paolini, Paolini breaks Navarro right back. And Paolini then holds to go 3-2 up on serve.
Djokovic was becoming tennis’ gentleman king - it didn’t last
There were a few months last year when Novak Djokovic began to emerge as the sport’s surprise elder statesman.
It began at the French Open, when he finally surged ahead of Rafael Nadal to become the king of the all-time Grand Slam singles race. He regaled the crowd with the story of himself as a small boy, and he told children everywhere to pursue their own dreams.
He was gracious in defeat at Wimbledon a month later, tipping his hat to Carlos Alcaraz, his heir apparent. Then he won another Grand Slam at the U.S. Open, where the New York crowds embraced him as they never had before.
Strange as it may have seemed, with Roger Federer retired and Nadal vanquished and injured beyond full repair, the sport’s cantankerous contrarian who had never met a situation he could not turn into a me-against-the-world dynamic, had suddenly become its gentleman king.
Well, that didn’t last long. Read more below.
What's happening with Alcaraz and Paul?
Good question.
Three successive breaks, two to Alcaraz and one to Paul, in the first three games, got us off to a flyer in the third set.
Since then, three holds.
Alcaraz then saves two breaks points, goes advantage up and Paul hits a forehand long. 'VAMOOOOS!', Carlos shouts, as he goes 4-2 ahead.
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