Highlights of Wimbledon day 11

LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights from day 11 of the Wimbledon championships on Friday (times GMT):

Highlights of Wimbledon day 11

(Reuters)

1714 LONGEST SEMI-FINAL SINCE 2013

John Isner was leading Kevin Anderson 12-11 in the deciding set with the match having crossed the five-hour mark. The contest became the longest men's singles semi-final at Wimbledon, beating the match between Rafa Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro in 2013 which ended in four hours and 44 minutes.

1631 KREJCIKOVA-SINIAKOVA REACH WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL

The Czech pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova beat Poland's Alicja Rosolska and American Abigail Spears 7-5 6-4 in the women's doubles semi-final. The third seeds face American Nicole Melichar and Czech Kveta Peschke, seeded 12th, in the title match.

1555 ANDERSON DRAGS CONTEST INTO DECIDER

Kevin Anderson broke John Isner twice to claim the fourth set 6-4 and force a decider after 3-1/2 hours of play.

The 32-year-old Anderson is bidding to become the first South African man to reach the Wimbledon final since Brian Norton in 1921.

1511 ISNER CLINCHES THIRD SET

John Isner had his streak of consecutive service game wins ended at 110 by Kevin Anderson, who took a 5-3 lead. However, the American broke right back before forcing a tiebreak.

Isner claimed the third set 7-6(9) for a 2-1 lead in the contest which approached the three-hour mark.

1440 MELICHAR-PESCHKE INTO WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL

Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke upset sixth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Yifan Xu 6-3 4-6 7-5 in two hours and 16 minutes to reach the women's doubles final.

1411 DETERMINED ISNER DRAWS LEVEL AT 1-1

Kevin Anderson fought back from a 5-0 deficit in the tiebreak but John Isner held his nerve to claim the second set 7-6(5) to level the contest at one set apiece.

A 19th ace of the match bailed American Isner out of a potentially difficult situation.

1316 ANDERSON LEADS ISNER IN BATTLE OF BIG SERVERS

Kevin Anderson edged a tight opening set 7-6(6) against American John Isner. Earlier, at 5-5, ninth seed Isner made it 100 straight service games unbroken in this year's tournament.

1212 MEN'S SEMI-FINAL ACTION UNDER WAY

Kevin Anderson and John Isner began their semi-final contest on Centre Court on Friday.

Both players are making their 10th appearance at the All England Club. The winner will be second on the Open era list for most attempts before reaching the Wimbledon final, behind Marin Cilic (11th attempt).

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)


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