Tennis, anyone? Wimbledon tops weekend TV choices

Stock up on some strawberries and cream and settle in for some breakfast at Wimbledon this weekend.

The men’s semifinals start at 5 a.m. today, with the men’s final set for 6 a.m. Sunday and the women’s final at 6 a.m. Saturday. All the action at the All England Club will be shown on ESPN (30).

The most compelling match is today’s second men’s semifinal, scheduled for 8 a.m., between No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 3 Andy Murray.

Federer, who has a 12-11 edge vs. Murray, hasn’t won a major since capturing his seventh Wimbledon and 17th major title in 2012, when he reduced Murray to tears after beating the Scot in the final.

A few months later, Murray beat Federer on Centre Court to claim the gold medal in the London Olympics. In 2013, Murray won Wimbledon to end Britain’s 77-year men’s singles drought.

Federer, trying to win another Wimbledon at age 33, is 9-0 in the semifinals at Wimbledon, losing only one set along the way.

The first men’s semifinal pits No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic against No. 21 Richard Gasquet, who pulled off a five-set comeback win over No. 4 Stan Wawrinka to spoil what would have been the first Wimbledon semifinals in 20 years to feature the top four men’s seeds.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova for the 17th straight time — 6-2, 6-4 — in Thursday’s semifinals and will play in her 25th Grand Slam final, facing 21-year-old Garbine Muguruza.

Williams will be gunning for her 21st major title and second “Serena Slam,” having won last year’s U.S. Open (the last major of the year) and the first two majors of 2015. She held all four majors at one time after winning the 2003 Australian Open.

TODAY

NBA Summer League, Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers (5:30 p.m., NBA (318)): If you can’t make it out to the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion for the league’s 11-day run in Las Vegas, you can catch all the action on NBA TV. The NBA’s top two draft picks will square off here for the second straight year, as No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns will lead the Wolves against No. 2 pick D’Angelo Russell and the Lakers.

BEST OF REST: MLB: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox or Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles (4 p.m., MLB (314)), Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners (7 p.m., FSW (49)).

SATURDAY

New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (4 p.m., Fox (5)): Hold off on writing the obituary on the Red Sox, who have won a season-high four straight games to close within 5½ games of the first-place Yankees. Dustin Pedroia, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, is eligible to return for the opener of the series at Fenway Park. Former Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tiebreaking two-run single for New York in Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in his second game back from the DL after missing two months with a knee injury.

BEST OF REST: MLB: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins (1 p.m., FS1 (329)); Boxing: Premier Champions, Keith Thurman vs. Luis Collazo (6 p.m., ESPN (30)).

SUNDAY

St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates (5 p.m., ESPN (30)): The first two teams in the majors to reach 50 wins this season, the National League Central Division rivals square off in the final game before the All-Star Break. The Cardinals carried the big leagues’ best record (55-30) into Thursday’s series opener against the Pirates (50-34), who entered as one of the hottest teams in baseball with a five-game win streak.

BEST OF REST: MLB: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (10:30 a.m., TBS (7)); Golf: PGA Tour, John Deere Classic, final round (10 a.m., TGC (339), noon, CBS (8)), Women’s U.S. Open, final round (11:30 a.m., Fox (5)).

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0354. Follow him on Twitter: @tdewey33.