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Arévalo/
Ostapenkovs
Harrison/
Zhang
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · Semi-finals
Not televised
My pick: Arévalo / Ostapenko to advance · locked 2026-07-07 02:30 UTCPrediction
The seeds' half of the mixed draw comes down to the No. 2s against the No. 3s. Harrison and Zhang have looked the more assured on serve, and their quarter-final win over Salisbury and Fernandez — from a set down — shows they can outlast a heavyweight pair. But Arévalo and Ostapenko pair one of the game's best mixed servers with a striker who takes the racquet out of opponents' hands on the return, and they've dropped serve rarely all week. In a format decided by a champions' tie-break, I'll back the bigger hitters: Arévalo and Ostapenko, just.
The case for Arévalo / Ostapenko
55% to winThe No. 2 seeds pair an elite mixed server in Arévalo with a ball-striker in Ostapenko who can end points off the return; they've barely been broken this fortnight, and in a match-tie-break shoot-out that firepower is the safer bet.
The case for Harrison / Zhang
45% to winHarrison and Zhang are the form pair on serve and have already beaten a marquee team from a set behind, in the quarter-final — the kind of resilience that wins a one-set-plus-tie-break semi-final.
Both cases written 2026-07-07, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine, quoted to a decimal because false precision is funnier — and tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
The briefing
Storylines
- The top two seeds standing meet a round early: the No. 2 Arévalo–Ostapenko against the No. 3 Harrison–Zhang.
- Harrison and Zhang came from a set down to reach the last four; Arévalo and Ostapenko have yet to drop a completed match on serve.
Court & schedule: The mixed doubles semi-finals are scheduled across 8–9 July. The exact court and start time are set when the All England Club publishes the order of play the evening before. (All England Club order of play (semi-final schedule not yet released), as of 2026-07-06)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.
At this Stage
Where both players stand in the draw — the match each came through, and what winning this one is worth.
Quarter-finals
Final