I'm 0-2 this year so I'm determined to win one." "I can't believe I'm in the final this year. "It's never easy out there, every point you have to fight for. "We've had tough matches before and I knew she could bring it to me on this surface," said Serena, who led Vesnina 4-0 in head-to-heads before Thursday.
Wimbledon 2016: Angelique Kerber beats Venus Williams Serena set on revenge Kerber continued to take advantage of Venus' misfiring forehand, wrapping things up in one hour and 12 minutes to reach her first Wimbledon final. external-linkĪnd the eighth seed looked fatigued throughout, dropping her serve four times in the first set and also in the first game of the second. Venus, who last won the title in 2008, was appearing in her first Grand Slam semi-final since the 2010 US Open and was the oldest major semi-finalist since Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1994.įive-time champion Venus fell out of the world's top 100 in 2011 after being diagnosed with the immune system disorder Sjogren's syndrome. The cluster shows it remained very constant against Vesnina, but Serena still varied her serve, making it hard for her opponent to read. This Hawk-Eye graphic shows that was aided by the disguise of her ball toss. Serena had a first-serve percentage of 77% and lost just one point when successful. Things got even worse for Vesnina in the second set, the 29-year-old simply unable to deal with the Serena serve, which yielded only three points in the match. The world number 50, playing in her first Grand Slam singles semi-final, rallied but still lost the first set in 28 minutes.
Vesnina, a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, looked overawed from the outset, losing the first four games. Serena, who is bidding to match Steffi Graf's open era record of 22 Grand Slam singles title, simply had too much firepower for her unseeded opponent.
In January, the left-handed Kerber beat Serena in the Australian Open final for her first Grand Slam title.
Fourth-seeded German Kerber, 28, prevented a fifth all-Williams final by beating Serena's older sister Venus, who looked out of sorts, 6-4 6-4.
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