Either Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will leave the All England Club’s grass courts as Wimbledon’s eighth consecutive first-time women’s champion.

London: Belinda Bencic has staged the mother of all shows at Wimbledon this fortnight. It’s been running for 10 hours and nine minutes so far; point precise groundstrokes and steely determination. The back story first.

Belinda Bencic, playing in her first Wimbledon quarterfinal in nine appearances at the All England Club, upset Russian teen sensation Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Wednesday to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal and first in six years.