Today at Wimbledon: Friday’s order of play and who is in the Royal Box

The Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals take place at the All England Club on Friday.

If ever a Grand Slam semi-final involving Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz could be described as a warm-up act that could be a fair description of his clash with American Taylor Fritz in the opening match on Centre Court.

Second seed Alcaraz, bidding for a third successive Wimbledon title and a sixth Grand Slam title in total, has got better and better throughout the fortnight and is the overwhelming favourite to end the run of the big-serving fifth seed Fritz.

Following their duel, a mouth-watering battle of the generations between seven-time champion Novak Djokovic and world No 1 Jannik Sinner will take the prime time slot as both players continue their history-making quests.

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Friday’s order of play

Singles only

Centre Court

From 1.30pm

• Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [2] v Taylor Fritz (USA) [5]
• Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] v Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6]

Who is in the Royal Box?

Thursday’s guests in the Royal Box included:

• Bjorn Borg, five-time Wimbledon champion
• Oliver Bearman, Haas Formula One driver
• Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian and actor
• Russ Cook (Hardest Geezer), endurance athlete
• Annabel Croft, former British tennis player and pundit
• Jonathan Edwards, former Olympic triple-jump champion and record holder
• Sir Stephen Fry, actor, writer and comedian
• Ellie Goulding, singer
• Emma Hayes, former Chelsea and current US Women’s football manager
• David Suchet, actor
• Ben Whishaw, actor