Let’s talk Wimbledon men’s semifinals. It’s an Old v New theme as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic try to meet in the Sunday final as 23-year-old first-time Slam semifinalists Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov try to play spoiler.

Before we get to Friday, a quick recap of the quarters.

Federer did what he had to do to beat Stan Wawrinka. Even after losing the first set, I never really felt Roger was …

Serena? Maria? Venus? — Victoria?

None of the above.

The Wimbledon women’s semifinals on Thursday are a toss-up. Or are they? Let’s take a look:

(6) PETRA KVITOVA vs. (23) LUCIE SAFAROVA

It’s the first time Kvitova has “shown up” since winning the 2011 title. The reticent Czech against the former girlfriend of Tomas Berdych — as that is basically what Safarova has achieved after being tabbed as a top star after some early …

Novak Djokovic advanced to his fifth straight Wimbledon semifinal after a tough 5-set win over the inspired Marin Cilic.

After his 10th straight victor over the 6-foot-6 Croat, Djokovic talked about the speed of the courts and the fact that there has been a high number of tiebreakers at the event this year.

“Grass is still the fastest surface we have in sport,” Djokvoic reminded. “If you are going to have tiebreak …

Milos Raonic advanced to his first career Grand Slam semifinal today at Wimbledon where he’ll meet 7-time champion Roger Federer. But the Canadian has a plan and the plan is not to worry who’s across the net.

“I’m going to step out there and I’m not playing the seven-time Wimbledon champion,” Roanic said following a 4-set win over Nick Kyrgios. “I’m not playing a 32-year-old man. I’m not playing father of …

After a tough 2013 Wimbledon, Roger Federer is back where he belongs, in the semifinals of the biggest grass court event in the world.

The 7-time Wimbledon champion advanced today in four sets 36, 76, 64, 64 over good friend Stan Warwinka in the quarterfinals.

“There was a lot on the line today playing against Stan,” Federer said. “Quarters sort of shows the direction on how you’re playing and all these things.

“Last …

We are down to just eight in the men’s draw at Wimbledon. Roger Federer returns as does top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray. But the tennis world shook yesterday when top ranked Rafael Nadal got bounced by flamboyant teen Nick Kyrgios in a fourth round stunner.

The 19-year-old from Australia fired 37 aces in a very cool, very comfortable, very calm win over the 2-time Wimbledon champ.

After rolling …

Last year Aussie Nick Kyrgios was lifting the boys’ Wimbledon junior title. This year he’s beating current No. 2 and former Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal.

Some players, it seems, are impatient with the average 6-8 years to crack the Top 100 on the ATP Rankings.

On Tuesday the No. 144-ranked Kyrgios out-served and generally out-hit Nadal 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals in his first main draw appearance.

“I think …

Showing off a natural flare, Australian 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios hit this incredible reflex tweener against Rafael Nadal today during a 76, 57, 76, 63 win over the World No. 1.

The new sensation has won 12 straight matches including Challenger play and now moves ahead to the Wimbledon quarterfinals to face Milos Raonic tomorrow.

After defeating world No. 1 Rafael Nadal 76(5) 57 76(5) 63 in the round of 16, wild card Nick Kyrgios has become the first man to reach the quarterfinals on their Wimbledon debut since Florian Mayer in 2004. At 19 years 70 days, he is the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since compatriot Bernard Tomic (18 years 255 days) at 2011 Wimbledon.

Kyrgios is the first …

It was a surreal scene earlier today at Wimbledon when 5-time champions Serena and Venus Williams took the court to face Kristina Barrois and Stefanie Voegle in the second round.

After losses in singles, the sisters stuck around in search of a sixth Wimbledon title, but during the warm-up things look awfully wrong.

Struggling with her balance, Serena could barely catch the balls from the ballboys. She couldn’t hit a volley over …

Grigor Dimitrov is into his second career Grand Slam quarterfinal, and the 23-year-old is full of confidence despite having to play defending champion Andy Murray on his home Center Court Wimbledon tomorrow.

“First of all I’m happy that I’m in the quarterfinal match,” Dimitrov said Monday after beating Leonardo Mayer. ‘Just going to give credit to myself for that. But my job isn’t over yet.”

But the 23-year-old has reason to be …

After hitting one of his best service returns to win a match in a fourth round against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Novak Djokovic addressed the issue of Wimbledon scheduling, an issue that has come up due to the rain leaving some players like Stan Wawrinka at a disadvantage of having to play on consecutive days. The Swiss is faced with three straight days of 5-set matches.

Djokovic says such issues could be better …

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was in fine form on Monday at Wimbledon, moving into the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over No. 14 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.

“[Tsonga’s] a top player,” said Djokovic, “and he loves the big stage. So to be able to win against him in straight sets on the surface that I feel suits him the most is a great result. I was very …

Stirring echoes of his win over Roger Federer at the US Open a few years ago, Novak Djokovic raced into the Wimbledon quarterfinals thanks to this screaming winner off a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga serve.

The shot came as Tsonga was serving down two sets and 5-6 in the third set breaker. The return kissed the line and the match was over for the Serb 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5). Or was it? After the …

American tennis continues to flounder in recent times. The men continue their struggle as Andy Roddick remains the most recent American male to win a Grand Slam title, that at the 2003 US Open, and no active men have even reached a Slam final.

Now with Serena and Venus Williams slipping as they age, the women are also suffering.

But, following the third round loss today by John Isner in four sets …