SERENA WILLIAMS – AZARENKA 6-3 7-6 (6)
Serena is blasting aces after aces. She has just made a 23 aces record in this Wimbledon with Zheng (in 3 sets) and now she breaks her own record to raise the bar to 24 aces. Most important Serena managed to reach another final in Wimbledon. An incredible feat especially considering that in the previous slam (Roland Garros she crashed out in the 1st round (see article here)
“I’m so excited, I really wanted this,” she said. “Vic is a great player, she played really well and I got tight at times in the second set, just looking too far ahead and getting excited. It got so close in that second set. I’m just happy to have got through that tie-break.”
RADWANSKA – KERBER 6-3 6-4
The “little magician” had an easy life with Kerber to concede her 7 games.
”This is a dream from when I was kid,” Radwanska said. ”I’m playing tennis almost 18 years, and of course everybody’s dream is to play the final of a Grand Slam.”
Radwaska commented also her problems at the beginning of the match ”We both were a bit nervous in the beginning,” Radwanska said. ”Of course this is the semifinals, so you really want to try your best, but sometimes too much, and your hands a little bit shaking. ‘After a couple of games, I just relaxed a little bit. I was really focusing on every point.”
Serena and Agnieszka head to head is 2-0 for Serena. 1-0 on grass in 2008 when Serena won 6-4 6-0 in the quartersin Wimbledon.