Venus Williams, 36, triumphantly reached the Wimbledon Semi-Finals on July 5 after beating unseeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.
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Instead, it will be Vesnina playing defending champion Serena Williams on Thursday in the Wimbledon semifinals.
With her victory, Serena also closed to within two wins of a seventh Wimbledon crown – and record-equalling 22nd grand slam title to match Steffi Graf’s open-era benchmark tally.
“We (her and Venus) don’t really talk too much about it but we are playing doubles later so we are just happy to be in the semi-finals”.
“You can t always have these big moments”. The umpire refused and Serena turned to the match official and threatened to sue Wimbledon if she was hurt due to the rain.
But the physical and emotional toll of Monday’s epic encounter told and she was comfortably beaten 6-2 6-2 by Vesnina.
Cibulkova is planning to get married on Saturday in Bratislava, but said she would have to postpone the wedding if she kept winning at the All England Club.
In a scrappy match, the five-time champion – the oldest woman in the draw at 36 – drew on her experience to see off the Kazakh player contesting her first Wimbledon quarterfinal.
The American veteran, seeded eight, enjoyed a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan’s World No 96 Yaroslava Shvedova.
There have a few less than great days for Kerber since her Melbourne triumph – in the tournaments straight afterwards, and then with a first round defeat at her follow-up slam at Roland Garros – but the 28-year-old believes she has found a better way.
CoCo Vandeweghe, making a strong run at Wimbledon for the second year in a row, beat No. 7 Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-3, 6-4 in the first match on Centre Court.
“This is an awesome day”, said the elder Williams sister.
“I am just trying to win my match”.
There wasn’t much drama in the quartet of women’s matches Tuesday, although Venus was perilously close to dropping her opening set against the 96th-ranked Shvedova, now 0-3 in major quarterfinals.
Women’s quarter-finals day at Wimbledon saw success for Serena and Venus Williams as well as Angelique Kerber and Elena Vesnina. “I want her to win so bad-not in the final if I’m there, but I desperately want her to win”.
Despite their closeness, the elder Williams insists they are not thinking about facing each other in a possible final.
Asked about her intensity on court ahead of her quarter-final, Williams’ answer showed that all her years at No1, all her Majors, all her records, despite now being 34, have not dampened her desire for more. “She obviously has a great chance but I don’t think she’s favourite”. “I’ve been really blessed, to have an opportunity to be here”, Venus said. The 29-year-old nearly single-handedly led his country to the title last year but faces a tough schedule with the Belgrade clash taking place the week after the Wimbledon final. “She’s just such a great fighter”. She kept going. She played in 13 Grand Slams between 2011 and 2014, reaching only one fourth round.
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Tough opponent is an understatement! “Honestly, I’m just focused on that match”, said Serena, who has won all five of her meetings with the Russian. That was, ‘Okay, I’m not insane.’ So that was a good moment.
