As crazy as it seems, tennis fans have reached the final stages of Wimbledon 2025. The women's semifinals will be held on Thursday (with the final to be held on Saturday), and the men's semifinals will take place on Friday (with the final on Sunday).
Yet, after all the amazing upsets early in the tournament, once the proverbial dust settled, we were left with many of the players we thought we might have at the end. This includes the top two seeds on the ATP side, and the top seed on the WTA side is still around to take her first title at the grass-court major.
Moreover, a lower-seeded player, who has won five Grand Slams, is still around, too. Iga Swiatek hasn't been overly successful at Wimbledon yet. This is the year that could change all that.
Wimbledon 2025 women's semifinals preview
What time are the matches?
Both matches in the semis will be held on centre court, which is covered by a roof, so rain will not be an issue. It is expected to be hot, however, so one might wonder if the heat will be an issue. Likely not, as all the players should be quite fit, but it is something to keep an eye on.
To begin the semifinals, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will take on Amanda Anisimova. Sabalenka is trying to win her first Wimbledon title, and she has the power to do so. So does Anisimova, though. Plus, based on her play in London, the American will be ranked in the top 10 when the new WTA rankings come out.
The match is scheduled for 1:30 pm BST (8:30 am ET). The match will be followed by Iga Swiatek by Belinda Bencic.
How to watch the women's Wimbledon semifinals
Assuming you want to watch the ladies' semis (and why wouldn't you?), here is how:
- United States - ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, and The Tennis Channel
- UK - BBC, TNT Sports, discovery+
- Australia - Nine Network Australia, Stan Sport
- Canada - TSN Canada and RDS (French language)
- China - CCTV5, SMG, and Tencent Sports
- Germany - Amazon Prime Video
- India - Star Sports, JioHotstar
- Ireland - Premier Sports
- Italy - Sky Italia
- Japan - NHK G and WOWOW
- Central and South America - ESPN Latin America
- Middle East - beIN Sports MENA
- Spain - Moviestar +
- Sweden - Eurosport
- Switzerland - RTS, RSI, and SRF streaming.
- For a full list of broadcasters, click here.
Preview and who will win:
Sabalenka is the easy pick, right? Not really. While she is going to remain WTA No. 1 for a while, she isn't consistently successful in finals. She barely has a 50-50 record in finals. She is good in semifinals, of course, but grass courts change everything.
Anisimova has the power and pace to compete with the Belarusian. This could be a three-set match of high-level and high-quality ball striking. Sabalenka sneaks through in the third set, though.
The other semifinal match is pure fun. Swiatek has never been great on grass until this year. Bencic is still making a comeback from more than a year off. The Swiss strikes with so much power, however, and the guess is that she gets through in two sets.