"Felt so special with the crowd around as well." Hurkacz had only met Federer once before Wednesday - a straight sets loss at Indian Wells in the quarter-finals in 2019. "Obviously walking off the court realising that I won against Roger, I mean, just kind of a dream come true, especially here on grass in Wimbledon.
"Roger was congratulating me and wishing good luck for the next matches," said Hurkacz. Up next is a clash with Matteo Berrettini of Italy for a place in Sunday's final. He is only the second Polish man to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon - Jerzy Janowicz being the other in 2013. Federer looked punch drunk and he was quickly down 0-2 in the third set before Hurkacz wrapped up the decider in just 29 minutes. He couldn't hang on and Hurkacz levelled in the seventh game from 1-4 down before dominating the tiebreak. The Swiss star carved out a break for 2-0 in the second set. However, boosted by having defeated world number two Daniil Medvedev in five sets in the last 16, he was a break up on a sluggish-looking Federer in the sixth game of the opening set. Came to play takes the second set tie-break 7-4 to move within one set of the semi-finals… - Wimbledon 1625676520000 "He would never ever say if there was a niggle, but I don't know if we will ever see the great man again here." World number 18 Hurkacz, 24, had never got beyond the third round of a Grand Slam before this Wimbledon.
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