This was clearly a different time, Serena Williams wasn’t even a top 10 player at the 2012 Miami Masters, and Radwanska ended up winning the tournament without losing a set.
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“I don’t have words to explain it”, she said. She needs the Wimbledon and USA Open titles to complete the set and become the first person to win a calendar-year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988. I’m still working on that and that’s definitely my goal. Sanchez Vicario was also the last Spanish woman to make a Wimbledon semifinal, back in 1997. “It’s true. She’s dominating the game for a long time”. “I think I was 6-2, 3-1”, she said. “It all revolves around the serve for Serena and when that’s on, I’m not sure anyone can challenge her. It’s ideal”.
Muguruza had knocked out fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki and 10th-seeded Angelique Kerber to make it to the last-four.
The world No 1 launched an attacking barrage, breaking twice in the first set and once in the second, bringing up match point with an ace and thundering down another huge serve to clinch a one-sided victory.
With fierce and unrelenting returns she broke her higher-ranked opponent Agnieszka Radwanska’s serve in the very first game and won the first set with such ease that the match had the feel of a formality.
Williams rolled her eyes.
And five-time champion Serena Williams feasted on familiar prey with a superb 6-2, 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova, her 17th win in a row over the Russian.
Keys said: “I think it’s just consistency”. I’m going to wait to see if she can handle this situation.’ She did good.
“I know that that’s what keeps me going forward”. She has carried on her impressive form after beating Serena Williams in the 2014 French Open in straight sets in the second round. Radwanska ran it down with a terrific over the shoulder reply, but Muguruza zapped her two-hander to seal the break. Since the massive upset, Muguruza has continued to impress in grand slams and tour events, rising up the ranks from 35 to a current ranking of 20.
“I wish her luck”. She’s got a handsome personality and I’ve loved her reactions when she’s won. She moved on to Eastbourne, hoping for better, and the world No20 was on the wrong end of an upset against Britain’s Johanna Konta in the third round. However, she does not have the typical Spaniard’s game.
LONDON – It was her first appearance on Wimbledon’s hallowed Centre Court and her first visit to a major semifinal. It was a very tough match and I am just so excited. “I was nervous in second set”.
Entering Thursday’s semifinal match against No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 20 Garbine Muguruza had already ventured further along in a major tournament than she had ever gone before.
“It was 50/50 call on that ball”.
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But the narrowest margin of all came when Radwanska wrongly challenged a ball mid-point as Hawkeye showed it to be in for a millimetre or two. But I wish her luck.
