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Tested for the first time this year at Wimbledon, Williams rallied to beat Italian's Camila Giorgi 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Tuesday to get close to two matches from one. title of the 24th Grand Slam record.
And that would be a first as a mom – or should she be second, since the American was in the early stages of pregnancy while claiming the Australian Open in 2017? She gave birth to her daughter Olympia in September.
Williams was forced to withdraw from the fourth round of the French Open last month in her grand slam return with a pectoral injury and admitted last week that she was still not serving full power.
But the service is definitely clicking now.
Giorgi, who was playing in his first major quarterfinal, threatened to be upset by winning the first set and leading 30-0 on a Williams serve at 1-1 in the second.
But from from that moment, the seven-time champion lost just nine more points on the serve and finished with three catches of love to make an 11th semifinal at the All England Club.
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An enemy familiar to Goerges
Williams, 36, beat his next opponent, Julia Goerges, at the Open de France with a beautiful demo. Goerges also returned in their match, beating Kiki Bertens 3-6 7-5 6-1 in his first Grand Slam quarter-final, at about the same time as the Williams match.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber will face Jelena Ostapenko, winner of the 2017 French Open, in the other semifinal after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-3 7-5 and Dominika Cibulkova 7-5 6-4, respectively. These competitions also ended almost simultaneously.
In the men's draw, Juan Martin del Potro won a tough fourth-round win over Gilles Simon 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) ). They were stopped in the dark after three sets on Monday, before Argentina was forced to rank 3-1 in the fourth set and 3-1 in the tie-break.
He will meet Rafael Nadal at the Grand Slam for the second time in a few weeks after the Spaniard has pbaded the Potro del in the semifinals of the Open de France en route to its 17th Major.
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