Wimbledon semis? Carlos Alcaraz makes it look routine. The Spaniard is on a roll, coming straight off back-to-back wins at Roland Garros and Queen’s Club! Sure, he had to dig deep with some five-setters early in the tournament, but Carlos never backs down. Now, he’s gearing up for his next challenge against American No.1 Taylor Fritz. What’s on his mind?

On Tuesday, the two-time defending champ took out Britain’s hope Cam Norrie with a stunning straight-sets win (6-2, 6-3, 6-3). With that, Alcaraz stretched his career-best winning streak to 23 matches—the longest run by any man age 22 or younger since Juan Martin del Potro’s 23-match surge in 2008. Isn’t that impressive?

But the road only gets tougher from here. Facing Taylor for the third time in their careers, Alcaraz spoke honestly about the matchup. “He’s playing great. I think that the grass is working for him. It’s been really successful so far: two titles, you know, semifinals here at Wimbledon. So, I’m just gonna be ready for that battle. I played a few times against him; he’s always really tough to play against. So, I will try to play similarly to today. I think I will get a chance, but just focus. But right now, I just want to enjoy and to live this moment because it’s an honor to play the semifinal at Wimbledon,” he said in his post-match interview.

Taylor Fritz is making some serious noise at SW19 this year! Before Carlos Alcaraz’s match, the American took down Karen Khachanov to book his spot in his very first Wimbledon semifinal. That’s a big deal—especially since Fritz had lost both his previous quarterfinals on the grass, once to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and again to Lorenzo Musetti last year.

But this season? Fritz is on fire. He’s 13-1 on grass courts, rolled into Wimbledon after reaching the Boss Open final, and snagged the Eastbourne Open title. Get this: with that streak, he now holds the record for the most grass-court wins by an American man in a single season since the ATP Tour started 35 years ago.

But Alcaraz has had a stellar run. With this win against Cameron Norrie, he’s just marked his 76th win in 88 career Grand Slam matches! However, he always remains humble about his opponents.

Carlos Alcaraz flags future rivals ahead of Wimbledon

In a press conference, Carlos was asked who might join him and Jannik Sinner at the top of the game. He replied, “Well, I mean right now I know that there are a lot of people who are able to compete against everybody, against us for sure. I don’t know some young players…I mean, Zverev is always there. I mean obviously, he’s been talking about himself, and everybody knew that he’s struggling a little bit with his game, but he’s one of those players who are able to win everything. I mean everything he can…”

While Alexander Zverev was once a rival that took down Carlos, the Spaniard has other rivals too. He lost to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open quarterfinals, ending his bid for the title this year.

Additionally, Carlos Alcaraz also mentioned other rising stars: “I love some players that I’ve said before. I love watching Fils (Arthur Fils), for example. I think his potential is pretty high. Holger Rune, his potential is pretty high as well, but I don’t know they are already there. So I think it’s about time that they’re going to get closer and closer, but as I said right now, I think the beauty of tennis is that we’ve a lot of players who are able to make great results, play great tennis, and right now the draws are quite open.” The competition is always fierce and wide open.

Now, with his next match against Fritz coming up, all eyes are on Alcaraz. Can he score another big win and reach his third Wimbledon final? We want to hear from you—drop a comment below!