Serena Williams Heads to Semi-Finals at Wimbledon

Despite having a quick scare at Wimbledon 2018, Serena Williams is going to confidently move to the semi-finals after an impressive victory over the skilled and graceful Italian player, Camila Giorgi. While the 23 times Grand Slam champion lost her cool, which also caused her to lose her first set. Williams came back strongly scoring of 3-6, then 6-3, and 6-4.

While Williams world rank has dropped, Giorgi has steadily climbed halfway up the ladder to reach the 52nd spot. She is known for having powerful hits with her racket, a power that has been commonly seen by Williams during her career. Although, the American based player found an upper step which gained her the needed win. For online tennis betting sites, the changes in player ramkings has an impact in the odds set for upcoming matches, and for Serena, that will likely rise as she gets accustomed to playing again.

This coming Thursday, Williams will be faced off against the 13th seed, the talented and skilled German player, Julia Gorges, in the first semi-finals match. After that, the open competition can range from another German seed who is 11th, Angelique Kerber – who impressively beat the Russian star, Daria Kasatkina with a 6-3 and 7-5 score, the 12th seed who is the Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko who beat Dominika Cibulkova with a 7-5 and 6-4 score.

During the match – William feels the heat

Serena Williams is one of the most prominent American women’s tennis players around. Although despite her fame, when her opponent was asked about how she felt about playing against such a house name, Giorgi simply responded that she does not follow women’s tennis.

While her reaction may have raised a few brows in the audience, she playing skills proved that she meant what she said. She played with an incredible amount of skill which was increased with her nonchalant attitude towards Williams.

During the match, Giorgi played similarly to how Williams would, especially power wise. She skillfully gifted Williams three aces which also went towards her impressive 84% of points. While watching Giorgi was a show, seeing the recently returned player scramble and lose her footing during the first half of the match was something that not many expected. While Giorgi’s average serving speed was higher than Williams, the American player did have the highest recorded speed in the match reaching 122mph.

Despite the rough start, Williams quickly gained her focus back as he roared “come on” to her opponent while blocking her from gaining more points. During the third set, Williams won with a backhanded screw. Although, it was truly Giorgi fitting the net which aided in Williams overall victory in the match.

Does Williams have a chance of winning another Wimbledon Title?

The answer may be in the grey area. While her sister Venus Williams did not make it, she was recorded with having the highest serve speed in the entire game of 123mph. Which was followed by Serena’s serve of 122mph during her last match.

After returning to playing competitively in women’s single, which was followed after the birth of her daughter in March, she showed her dedication to the sport despite dropping in the world rank and stumbling during the first set of her last match.

Her match against Giorgi proved that Williams still had the strength and stamina required to beat the top seed players. During an interview, Williams gleefully stated that she still feels good, and regarding her match with the Italian player, she stated that she did better than usual as she had to.

While Williams has already stated that she feels as if she doesn’t have to win this, she is still putting her all into making sure she gets as far as she possibly can in the game. Even though she is already going down in history, she is the lowest-ranked player to reach the women’s semi-finals at Wimbledon.

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