“Venus is such a tough opponent I want her to win so bad, not in the final if I am there, but if I am not I do”.
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After serving for the set, Williams continued pressure her opponent with powerful groundstrokes.
“You don’t need to give her a lot of free points”.
“Maybe Serena didn’t play her best tennis, and that was the key, and Angelique used her chances on that moment”.
Venus Williams showed she remains a real threat on the All England Club grass with an impressive win over world number 96 Shvedova.
Serena said she did not know how she had developed such a potent weapon.
Serena Williams handled Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets to set up a sister act in the women’s Wimbledon semifinal.
The Slovakian can at least take comfort that she does not have to postpone her wedding, which can now go ahead as planned on Saturday. Venus Willams smiled and recalled, “I have already been here on the podium with the title for five times”.
Six-time champion Serena reached her 10th semi-final at the All England Club with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Russian Federation 21st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. But nor did she imagine she would still be in contention at this point.
“I told Dominika, “You must enjoy the day – I’m waiting to see a lot of pictures from you”.
“We haven’t played in a while and clearly she’s had a great year with a great result in a slam but I’d love to be walking towards the final and it’s progress made today”.
That Melbourne victory made her the first German woman to score a major singles title since Graf at Roland Garros in 1999, and she is the only one of the semifinalists yet to drop a set this tournament.
Venus Williams is back, against the odds after a career-threatening illness, and insists she never lost belief she would be a Grand Slam contender again.
Asked about how tennis players seem to be retiring later, Venus said: ‘Once one or two players start playing longer, other players realize, “Oh, wow, I can too”. “With everything she’s been through, I think it’s built a ton of character in her and in me just by being around her”.
In 2011, Venus revealed that she had been diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome, and since then there have been repeated questions about when she might quit tennis -especially as early losses accumulated.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA will get married after all as her relationship with this year’s Wimbledon ended in a painful divorce.
Williams, the six-time and defending champion, fired down 11 aces and 29 winners as she closes in on a 22nd Grand Slam singles title. Everyone plays well.She could have easily won that match, as well.
“Of course, this is great for both of us but when you’re a player, you’re so focused on the next match and that’s what we’re both focused on”.
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But she is no stranger to success at the majors winning the 2013 French Open and 2014 US Open women’s doubles with close friend Ekaterina Makarova, who was a bridesmaid at her wedding in November a year ago. Vesnina watched Angelique Kerber’s upset win at the Australian Open ad will take something from that. I was lucky, Privileged, to have a such great opportunity here at Wimbledon.
