Sinner will play the winner of Novak Djokovic and Flavio Cobolli in Friday's semifinals on Centre Court. Fifth-seeded Taylor Fritz is the lone remaining American on the men's side. He'll play Carlos Alcaraz on Friday. Let's take a closer look at Wednesday's match and what went right for Sinner.

Sinner is the world’s top-ranked player and was thus the top seed heading into Wimbledon, but the three-time Grand Slam winner has never reached the final at SW19 and in beating Shelton made it to the semi-final stage for only the second time, following 2023.

Jannik Sinner has started his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Ben Shelton with a white arm sleeve over the right elbow he hurt in his previous match.