Tournament favourite Serena Williams will face Maria Sharapova in the last four at Wimbledon following her fiercely contested quarter-final win over former world number one Victoria Azarenka.
Serena Williams survived a scare to book a Wimbledon semi-final showdown with old rival Maria Sharapova as the world number one battled back to defeat Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday.
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The 33-year-old American, aiming to win her fourth successive Grand Slam title and 21st in total, will face world number four Sharapova on Thursday holding a 17-2 lead in their head to head record.
Sharapova possesses a frankly dismal 2-17 head-to-head record against Williams, so will no doubt have preferred to see Azarenka progress following her own somewhat unconvincing triumph against Coco Vandeweghe.
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The 2004 Wimbledon champion dropped the second set against her unseeded opponent, but did enough to advance 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. After the match, Sharapova conceded she briefly lost control but declared herself delighted to be back in the semi-finals at the All England Club for the first time in four years.
She told the BBC: "I was pretty dominant in the first set and the beginning of the second but things slipped away after that and I had to regroup. My opponent was full of confidence so I knew it was going to be a tough match.
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The 33-year-old American, aiming to win her fourth successive Grand Slam title and 21st in total, will face world number four Sharapova on Thursday holding a 17-2 lead in their head to head record.
Sharapova possesses a frankly dismal 2-17 head-to-head record against Williams, so will no doubt have preferred to see Azarenka progress following her own somewhat unconvincing triumph against Coco Vandeweghe.
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The 2004 Wimbledon champion dropped the second set against her unseeded opponent, but did enough to advance 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. After the match, Sharapova conceded she briefly lost control but declared herself delighted to be back in the semi-finals at the All England Club for the first time in four years.
She told the BBC: "I was pretty dominant in the first set and the beginning of the second but things slipped away after that and I had to regroup. My opponent was full of confidence so I knew it was going to be a tough match.
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