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By Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at Wimbledon |
Serena 4-4 Li*
A sniff for Li at 15-30 but the Chinese woman first puts a forehand long before Williams slams the door on her fingers with an ace down the middle. Another hold from Williams, although Li is hanging on in there.
A sniff for Li at 15-30 but the Chinese woman first puts a forehand long before Williams slams the door on her fingers with an ace down the middle. Another hold from Williams, although Li is hanging on in there.
British number one Anne Keothavong on BBC 5 live Sports Extra: "Serena is... in Serena's world. You get hellos out of Serena and Venus, but they travel with a huge entourage. They never practice with any other players. It was interesting though, on the morning of meeting the Queen on Thursday, just watching her interact with Venus, Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki. They were all dressed up, while us British players were told to just wear tracksuits! It was surreal, with Navratilova and Billie Jean King, all of us practicing our curtseys."
*Serena 3-4 Li
A roar of frustration from Serena as she finds the net with a forehand before Li gets herself in a real pickle, misjudging a Serena moon-ball and finding the net with a tame-looking forehand. Williams gets another point back but goes long with a forehand to hand Li another hold.
A roar of frustration from Serena as she finds the net with a forehand before Li gets herself in a real pickle, misjudging a Serena moon-ball and finding the net with a tame-looking forehand. Williams gets another point back but goes long with a forehand to hand Li another hold.
Serena 3-3 Li*
Li finding plenty of depth with her groundstrokes and holding her own in the hitting battle. Ripper of a forehand winner from Williams to make it 15-15 before Li misses the sideline with a backhand. Serena sends her third ace, I believe, past the statue-esque Li and follows up with another. Not much coming back on the Williams serve.
Li finding plenty of depth with her groundstrokes and holding her own in the hitting battle. Ripper of a forehand winner from Williams to make it 15-15 before Li misses the sideline with a backhand. Serena sends her third ace, I believe, past the statue-esque Li and follows up with another. Not much coming back on the Williams serve.
*Serena 2-3 Li
Serena steps in and laces a drive-volley past her Chinese opponent but Li hits back well, threading a backhand pass down the line. Double fault from Li and Serena has two break points out of the blue - Li gets a serve to rear up at Williams, that's one saved, and that's very gritty from Li, hitting the lines with her forehand twice to make it deuce. Crackerjack backhand winner from Li and Serena tugs a backhand return wide to hand Li the game - big hold that, another upset on the cards?
Serena steps in and laces a drive-volley past her Chinese opponent but Li hits back well, threading a backhand pass down the line. Double fault from Li and Serena has two break points out of the blue - Li gets a serve to rear up at Williams, that's one saved, and that's very gritty from Li, hitting the lines with her forehand twice to make it deuce. Crackerjack backhand winner from Li and Serena tugs a backhand return wide to hand Li the game - big hold that, another upset on the cards?
Serena 2-2 Li*
Cloud cover over Centre again but it's still pretty muggy out there. Brutal from Serena again, Li only able to dink the return back and the American putting away the forehand winner. Serena with an ace, her 70th of the tournament, and there's another. Li goes long with a forehand return, not a sniff on either woman's serve so far.
Cloud cover over Centre again but it's still pretty muggy out there. Brutal from Serena again, Li only able to dink the return back and the American putting away the forehand winner. Serena with an ace, her 70th of the tournament, and there's another. Li goes long with a forehand return, not a sniff on either woman's serve so far.
*Serena 1-2 Li
Good, penetrating second serve from Li to make it 30-0 and she opens up the court on the next point with one out wide before putting away the forehand winner down the middle. Serena gets a point back but Li pulls out another big first serve to hold with some ease again. No chances on return of serve so far...
Good, penetrating second serve from Li to make it 30-0 and she opens up the court on the next point with one out wide before putting away the forehand winner down the middle. Serena gets a point back but Li pulls out another big first serve to hold with some ease again. No chances on return of serve so far...
Serena 1-1 Li*
Li is unable to chase down a cross-court forehand from Williams before Williams leaves the Chinese woman rooted with a savage forehand on the gallop. Li feels the power of Serena again and that's another easy hold.
Li is unable to chase down a cross-court forehand from Williams before Williams leaves the Chinese woman rooted with a savage forehand on the gallop. Li feels the power of Serena again and that's another easy hold.
*Serena 0-1 Li
It's Li, who trails Serena 4-1 in head-to-heads, to serve first and she races into a 40-15 lead. And that's a comfortable hold, with Williams going long with a forehand at 40-15.
* denotes next server
It's Li, who trails Serena 4-1 in head-to-heads, to serve first and she races into a 40-15 lead. And that's a comfortable hold, with Williams going long with a forehand at 40-15.
* denotes next server
1507: So two shocks in the first two semi-finals and the chance of an all-Williams final over - just Serena left to fly the flag for the family as she takes on Li Na.
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