Instead, a solid purple icon appears next to Sabalenka for the live scoring. The tennis star is from Minsk, the capital city of Belarus and the absence of her flag is a bit complicated. Sabalenka lives in Miami, Fla., when she is not competing in tournaments.

Players and fans felt the impact of high temperatures at Wimbledon when Thursday’s semifinal match between top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova was delayed twice in the first set because of

Two fans appeared to faint at different points during the Wimbledon semi-final between Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova on Thursday, as Sabalenka went over to the stands to offer them bottles of water.

Aryna Sabalenka was dragged into a bygone era on Tuesday (July 8) and tormented for almost three hours on Wimbledon’s Centre Court before finally imposing her 21st-century power game to beat mesmeric Laura Siegemund for a place in the semi-finals.

The defending champion rediscovers top form to reach the last four as the women's No 1 survives a major scare.