LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Serena Williams was a firm
favourite to win her fifth Wimbledon title on Saturday even
before her final opponent Agnieszka Radwanska revealed she was
struggling with a respiratory illness.

The American sixth seed served more aces in her semi-final
win over Victoria Azarenka than the Polish third seed has
managed all tournament but Williams will not be under-estimating
a player who will become world number one if she wins her first
grand slam title.

LONDON (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka was adamant she did all she could to withstand a battering from Serena Williams after losing their Wimbledon semi-final 6-3 7-6 on Thursday.

Williams fired down 24 aces to reach the final and Azarenka, seeded second and the Australian Open champion, was powerless to resist despite improving in the second set.

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka was adamant she
did all she could to withstand a battering from Serena Williams
after losing their Wimbledon semi-final 6-3 7-6 on Thursday.

Williams fired down 24 aces to reach the final and Azarenka,
seeded second and the Australian Open champion, was powerless to
resist despite improving in the second set.

LONDON (Reuters) – Serena Williams produced another staggering display of serving to reach her seventh Wimbledon singles final with a 6-3 7-6 victory over Victoria Azarenka on Thursday.

The 30-year-old American, contesting a 21st grand slam semi-final, fired down a tournament record 24 aces to snuff out the challenge of the second-seeded Belarusian who clung on bravely to force a second-set tiebreak.

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – Serena Williams produced another
staggering display of serving to reach her seventh Wimbledon
singles final with a 6-3 7-6 victory over Victoria Azarenka on
Thursday.

The 30-year-old American, contesting a 21st grand slam
semi-final, fired down a tournament record 24 aces to snuff out
the challenge of the second-seeded Belarusian who clung on
bravely to force a second-set tiebreak.

LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Federer ruthlessly dismantled Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-2 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the eighth time on Wednesday.

The third seed and six-times champion was at his imperious best on Centre Court against the 26th-seeded Russian, picking him off at will to set up a last-four showdown with defending champion Novak Djokovic.

LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) – Roger Federer ruthlessly
dismantled Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-2 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon
semi-finals for the eighth time on Wednesday.

The third seed and six-times champion was at his imperious
best on Centre Court against the 26th-seeded Russian, picking
him off at will to set up a last-four showdown with defending
champion Novak Djokovic.

LONDON (Reuters) – Angelique Kerber wore down compatriot Sabine Lisicki 6-3 6-7 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and cap an excellent day for German tennis on Tuesday.

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer advanced to the men’s quarter-finals, the first time in the professional era that four Germans had reached the last eight of the same grand slam.

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Angelique Kerber wore down
compatriot Sabine Lisicki 6-3 6-7 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon
semi-finals and cap an excellent day for German tennis on
Tuesday.

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer advanced to the
men’s quarter-finals, the first time in the professional era
that four Germans had reached the last eight of the same grand
slam.

LONDON (Reuters) – As Andy Roddick walked off Wimbledon’s Centre Court after his third-round defeat by David Ferrer on Saturday, he blew a kiss and waved to the crowd in a manner which suggested the three-times runner-up might not be returning.

The 29-year-old American’s 12th bid to win the grasscourt title had ended in failure but the former world number one was adamant that he had not made any decisions about his future.