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CAPE TOWN – A day after Kevin Anderson waved the South African flag at Wimbledon, Raven Klaasen followed suit on Thursday's action at SW19. Anderson won the biggest victory of his career by defeating Roger Federer in a five-set thriller in the quarterfinals, with the final set going to 13-11.
The big waiter Anderson, who is ranked eighth seeded, took It was again Thursday on the training grounds to prepare for his first Wimbledon semifinal against American John Isner , ninth seeded, Friday.
But his compatriot Klaasen was also victorious on Thursday. beating Frederik Nielsen of Denmark and Joe Salisbury of the United Kingdom 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 21 minutes.
Klaasen, 35, from Grbady Park in Cape Town, is a doubles specialist who has won 14 career titles. His best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the final at the 2014 Australian Open, but now he has imitated this feat at Wimbledon – where his previous best result was a semifinal of 2016.
is currently ranked 30th in the world In doubles, Klaasen and Venus will face the American duo Mike Bryan and Jack Sock in Saturday's final, which will take place after the women's triumph between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber.
Anderson will be on the central court Friday at 2 pm local time against Isner, which will be followed by the other semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Sock and Bryan's American duo qualify for the men's doubles final, beating Inglot and Skugor 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (11), 6-7 (4), 6-4 in a thriller on No.2 Short 1945 #Wimbledon pic.twitter. com / 06TVFQ6Zek
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