Wimbledon briefing: Day eight recap as Norrie exits and Wednesday order of play

British singles interest at Wimbledon came to an end on Tuesday as Cameron Norrie suffered a straight-sets loss to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Novak Djokovic, on course to face Alcaraz in a third successive Wimbledon final, is in action in one of the four last-eight singles ties scheduled for Wednesday.

Here, we look back at Tuesday’s action and previews day 10 of the Championships.

British singles hopes at Wimbledon ended for another year as Norrie was beaten by defending champion Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.

Norrie had hoped to become just the third home player in the open era to defeat a men’s title holder in SW19 after Roger Taylor and Tim Henman, but the 29-year-old succumbed to a 6-2 6-3 6-3 defeat in just an hour and 39 minutes.

Alcaraz will take on Taylor Fritz – a four-set winner over Karen Khachanov – on Friday as he continues his bid to make it three titles in a row at the All England Club.

Top seed and title favourite Aryna Sabalenka survived an almighty scare against world number 104 Laura Siegemund before reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals.

German 37-year-old Siegemund, who had never previously been beyond the second round, almost produced one of the all-time Centre Court shocks after taking the first set and then twice leading by a break in the decider.

However, Sabalenka kept her nerve and her emotions in check as she dug in for a 4-6 6-2 6-4 victory in just under three hours.

Wimbledon’s electronic line call system faltered again in Fritz’s semi-final.

Swedish umpire Louise Azemar-Engzell called ‘stop’ in the opening game of the fourth set on Court One when ‘fault’ was incorrectly announced after a Fritz forehand landed well inside the baseline.

The cry of ‘fault’, rather than ‘out’, and