Two more wins to add to the record: Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals

The 37-year-old defeated her compatriot Alison Riske 6:4, 4:6, 6:3 in the round of the last eight on Tuesday. In her 19th Wimbledon participation, Williams is in the semi-finals for the eleventh time. She then reached the final ten times, winning seven titles.

Lawn specialist Riske, who most recently won the preparatory tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch and surprisingly also beat world number one Ashleigh Barty (Australia) in the round of 16, kept up well from the start in her quarter-final debut at Grand Slam level. An open exchange of blows developed, in which Williams, with strong nerves, retained the upper hand in the important moments.

Williams had beaten Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain/No. 30), Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe/No. 18), Kaja Juvan (Slovenia) and Giulia Gatto-Monticone (Italy) in the previous rounds. In the evening she will also play her second match in the mixed competition alongside two-time Wimbledon winner Andy Murray.

Her next opponent in the singles is Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic), who ended the dreams of British hopeful Johanna Konta (No. 19) with a 7:6 (7:5), 6:1. Last year, Williams lost in the final against Angelique Kerber from Kiel. Since the birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia in 2017, she has been waiting to win her 24th Grand Slam title, which would see her catch up with Australian Margaret Court.

Halep also in the semi-finals As in 2014, the Romanian Simona Halep is also in the final four. At the same time as Williams, the former world number one defeated the Chinese Zhang Shuai 7:6, (7:4), 6:1. Her opponent, the Ukrainian Jelena Switolina (No. 8), reached a semi-final at Grand Slam level for the first time ever with a 7:5, 6:4 against the Czech Karolina Muchova.

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Two more wins to add to the record: Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals

US tennis queen Serena Williams has once again reached the semi-finals at the Grand Slam highlight in Wimbledon.

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