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It’s a great feeling - back-to-back semi-finals at a major tournament is a great achievement. I don’t want to be a party pooper but we don’t stop here. We’ve got another big game coming up and we want to go further this time. – Harry Maguire	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The semi-finals will go forward as scheduled on Sunday. Both finalists will receive finalist points and finalist prize money. – The WTA	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Last year I came in winning the World Tour Finals, beating maybe the two best players of all time in the semi-finals and finals, i was also kind of the only young guy still. Now you have Tsitsipas, now you have Medvedev, you have (Denis) Shapovalov. – Alexander Zverev	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The semi-finals is a warm up also for photographers, i was free to play around and I thought I would try a motion blur ... I saw him running ... The moment he turned his head I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture. – Kai Pfaffenbach	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I wanted to win but probably wasn't willing to die on the court for that, my main focus is doing well in the semi-finals, i did leave something in the tank. – Stefanos Tsitsipas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
With Kiki Bertens, we were fighting a lot for coming here for the eighth spot for the WTA Finals, so it was nice to have a match for the semi-finals, but I'm sorry that maybe the gas ran out. It's the end of the season so everyone's exhausted and I wish her the best. – Belinda Bencic	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I didn't play for six months, so it's great to be back here and reaching the semi-finals aged 33, goffin is a tough guy, one of the fastest from the baseline, so I will be prepared to battle and to fight. – Richard Gasquet	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Just needed to get through to the next round and that's exactly what I did. Didn't want to expend any more energy than you have to, i knew having Sarah next to me, if she was pushing me then I'd get through to the semi-finals no worries. She's a good pacing buddy. – Cate Campbell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I didn't expect to be in the semi-finals of this World Cup, we've been complaining that we're not playing the best football but in the end we're in the semis. We've done amazing and we can be really proud. – Vivianne Miedema	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We knew it wasn't going to be easy and we're happy to have reached the semi-finals. Even though we made it hard for ourselves, here we are, argentina-Brasil causes a lot of excitement around the world, it's a game you don't get to play every day but we've got here and we'll try to do as well as possible. – Sergio Aguero following a corner	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I believe we can, we've got to two semi-finals at major tournaments, we've beat all the tough opponents. So it's possible but it's OK saying it, it's about doing it. – Toni Duggan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Playing again in the semi-finals is going to be a big challenge. And maybe I can do my best result here and play in the final, it's going to be a big match in the next round. – Simona Halep	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I already know that to be here is something that a lot of people want, and I know that a few months ago I would have given anything to be in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, but it's this weird feeling of you want to do the next big thing. And especially now that I won a Grand Slam, and I feel like I want to win another one, and I'm so close and I just want to keep going. – Naomi Osaka	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We've had three of the four teams make the semi-finals and then two of our teams made the finals, which is a first time for Nike, we've been in the game of football for over 20 years, and it's the first time that we've had an all-Nike final with both teams wearing Nike. – Elliot Hill	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The biggest pressure for us was in the game against Denmark in the round of 16.... now we are enjoying what is happening, when the game starts, there will be a bit of pressure but we are enjoying the fact that we are here in the World Cup semi-finals. – Andrej Kramaric	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are very disappointed because we came here to go to the semi-finals and finals, but it was, I think in the end, a great match and Belgium played well. We have to accept that this is football. – Engineer Flavio Montez	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In the game in Sochi, I want Russia to win, that will keep it more interesting and exciting, especially if we have a match-up between Russia and England (in the semi-finals). – Takaidza Mhoshiwa	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We can enjoy it from the first minute, i don't think anyone expects us to go through to the semi-finals. – Roberto Martinez	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It’s not easy to play with your sister, and Serena Williams has a lot of pressure, I think, i ’m so happy to be in the semi-finals so if I play Serena Williams or Venus it does n’t matter. – Roberta Vinci	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you look at Bolt, he did the same thing in 2012, he ran kind of slow in the first round and the semi-finals then he triumphed in the final. – Justin Gatlin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Having said that golf isn't like a sport like tennis in so far as generally three of the four top players in the world are going to be in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, that's not the case in our sport because the guys in 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th position in the rankings can compete and all have the potential to win next week. That's something that's unique about golf. – Ryder Cup	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Now we are in the semi-finals of a tournament, everybody that's in that stage is already playing pretty well. They've gotten some matches behind them. Now it just comes down to stepping up. – Milos Raonic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

It’s a great feeling - back-to-back semi-finals at a major tournament is a great achievement. I don’t want to be a party pooper but we don’t stop here. We’ve got another big game coming up and we want to go further this time.

– Harry Maguire

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The semi-finals will go forward as scheduled on Sunday. Both finalists will receive finalist points and finalist prize money.

– The WTA

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Last year I came in winning the World Tour Finals, beating maybe the two best players of all time in the semi-finals and finals, i was also kind of the only young guy still. Now you have Tsitsipas, now you have Medvedev, you have (Denis) Shapovalov.

– Alexander Zverev

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The semi-finals is a warm up also for photographers, i was free to play around and I thought I would try a motion blur ... I saw him running ... The moment he turned his head I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture.

– Kai Pfaffenbach

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I wanted to win but probably wasn't willing to die on the court for that, my main focus is doing well in the semi-finals, i did leave something in the tank.

– Stefanos Tsitsipas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

With Kiki Bertens, we were fighting a lot for coming here for the eighth spot for the WTA Finals, so it was nice to have a match for the semi-finals, but I'm sorry that maybe the gas ran out. It's the end of the season so everyone's exhausted and I wish her the best.

– Belinda Bencic

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I didn't play for six months, so it's great to be back here and reaching the semi-finals aged 33, goffin is a tough guy, one of the fastest from the baseline, so I will be prepared to battle and to fight.

– Richard Gasquet

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Just needed to get through to the next round and that's exactly what I did. Didn't want to expend any more energy than you have to, i knew having Sarah next to me, if she was pushing me then I'd get through to the semi-finals no worries. She's a good pacing buddy.

– Cate Campbell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I didn't expect to be in the semi-finals of this World Cup, we've been complaining that we're not playing the best football but in the end we're in the semis. We've done amazing and we can be really proud.

– Vivianne Miedema

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We knew it wasn't going to be easy and we're happy to have reached the semi-finals. Even though we made it hard for ourselves, here we are, argentina-Brasil causes a lot of excitement around the world, it's a game you don't get to play every day but we've got here and we'll try to do as well as possible.

– Sergio Aguero following a corner

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I believe we can, we've got to two semi-finals at major tournaments, we've beat all the tough opponents. So it's possible but it's OK saying it, it's about doing it.

– Toni Duggan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Playing again in the semi-finals is going to be a big challenge. And maybe I can do my best result here and play in the final, it's going to be a big match in the next round.

– Simona Halep

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I already know that to be here is something that a lot of people want, and I know that a few months ago I would have given anything to be in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, but it's this weird feeling of you want to do the next big thing. And especially now that I won a Grand Slam, and I feel like I want to win another one, and I'm so close and I just want to keep going.

– Naomi Osaka

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We've had three of the four teams make the semi-finals and then two of our teams made the finals, which is a first time for Nike, we've been in the game of football for over 20 years, and it's the first time that we've had an all-Nike final with both teams wearing Nike.

– Elliot Hill

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The biggest pressure for us was in the game against Denmark in the round of 16.... now we are enjoying what is happening, when the game starts, there will be a bit of pressure but we are enjoying the fact that we are here in the World Cup semi-finals.

– Andrej Kramaric

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are very disappointed because we came here to go to the semi-finals and finals, but it was, I think in the end, a great match and Belgium played well. We have to accept that this is football.

– Engineer Flavio Montez

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In the game in Sochi, I want Russia to win, that will keep it more interesting and exciting, especially if we have a match-up between Russia and England (in the semi-finals).

– Takaidza Mhoshiwa

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We can enjoy it from the first minute, i don't think anyone expects us to go through to the semi-finals.

– Roberto Martinez

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It’s not easy to play with your sister, and Serena Williams has a lot of pressure, I think, i ’m so happy to be in the semi-finals so if I play Serena Williams or Venus it does n’t matter.

– Roberta Vinci

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you look at Bolt, he did the same thing in 2012, he ran kind of slow in the first round and the semi-finals then he triumphed in the final.

– Justin Gatlin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Having said that golf isn't like a sport like tennis in so far as generally three of the four top players in the world are going to be in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, that's not the case in our sport because the guys in 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th position in the rankings can compete and all have the potential to win next week. That's something that's unique about golf.

– Ryder Cup

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Now we are in the semi-finals of a tournament, everybody that's in that stage is already playing pretty well. They've gotten some matches behind them. Now it just comes down to stepping up.

– Milos Raonic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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