Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday, beating the final British player in the 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 singles bracket.
Alcaraz extended his career-high winning streak to 23 games. Juan Martin del Potro won 23 consecutive wins in 2008 from Stuttgart to the US Open as a 19-year-old, making it the longest tour-level winning streak of under 22 people. Alcaraz turned 22 in May.
Second seeded Alcaraz became the second Spanish player in history to reach the semi-finals of men’s singles at Wimbledon at least three times. The other was Rafael Nadal.
Alcaraz has made the appearance of the fifth main draw, improving to 23-2 at Wimbledon. Among men making their debut in the open era, only Bjorn Borg has more match wins in their first five appearances at the All England Club.
After Nolly served to open the match on centre court, Alcaraz rattled and controlled the next five games against the left-handed.
He burned the opening set in 28 minutes. Many of the centre court seats are still open as fans were hoping for a refresh after seeing Alina Sabarenka’s two-hour and 54-minute quarter-final victory.
Alcaraz never put Norrie in the match. He combined 39 winners and 13 aces, using 26 unprotected errors.
“It’s very special to be able to play another semi-final here at Wimbledon,” Alcaraz said in an on-court interview after finishing the quarter-final match in 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Alcaraz scored 89% of his first serve points against Nolly, the best mark in the major matches of his young career.
He faces the fifth American Taylor Fritz and wins a spot in the final.
Alcaraz will be taking two days off before facing Fritz on Friday due to the All Ingland Club schedule.
When asked how he would spend his time, a fan in the crowd suggested that he could return to Ibiza, the Balearic island of Alcaraz, where he celebrated, after winning the second consecutive French Open last month.
Beaming Alkaraz said something more calm would be enough.
“If I have the time I might try to go to the city centre. I want to play golf with my team, and it’s going to be fun,” he said. “What I’ve been doing is working, so I’ll try to switch it off together.”
Alcaraz is about to become the fourth man to win the French Open and Wimbledon multiple times in the same year. He joined Borg (3 times: 1978-80), Rod Raber (1962, 1969), and Nadal (2008, 2010).
ESPN research, Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.