Serena Williams gets by Riske in the quarter of Wimbledon

Serena Williams bests Alison Riske 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in London on Tuesday. Williams will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Barbora Strycova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Serena won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. The American broke back 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Riske enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Williams in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Williams found the way to come back to break Alison 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

After this encounter, the head to head between Williams and Riske is 1-0 for Serena.

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Alison Riske Wimbledon – London

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Next Match: Serena Williams vs. Barbora Strycova – H2H and stats

Williams will face Strycova in the semifinal.

This will be the 4^th time that Serena Williams and Barbora Strycova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Williams won 7-5 6-4 in the 4^th round in Melbourne back in 2017.