"I thought my ship had sailed," the 27-year-old Aussie said, after becoming the lowest-ranked man to reach the final four at SW19 since 2008 with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Cristian Garin.

With first-time Grand Slam semifinals on offer for most of the field, former champions Nadal and Halep will take to Centre Court on Wednesday vying to hold back a youth surge.

The 26-year-old—who has won all of his five ATP titles on clay—saved two match points and recovered from a two-set deficit against Alex de Minaur to reach his first major quarterfinal at Wimbledon.

The 2019 women's champion needed just 59 minutes to beat Paula Badosa, while the American achieved his best major result with his own dominant straight-set victory.

Jannik Sinner may have the trickiest opener of them all, taking on three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka.

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"I need someone who’s had that professional tour experience," the 18-year-old told British press.

Despite not having won a hard-court match this season, the Chilean is just a two-game underdog against an improving Paul.

Garin, Khachanov, Samsonova, Fucsovics, Golubic: watch out for this quintet.

They'll face Rybakina, Pavlyuchenkova and Garin, respectively.