Venus Williams powered her way to the semifinals at the Championship with a 6/3, 7/5 domination of reigning French Open Champion and rising star, Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia. The other one-time Grand Slam winner, Garbine Muguruza also powered her way to victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 6/3; 6/4. The Williams’ show on Centre Court added epithets to her history-making career. It seemed a good omen for Ostapenko that she won the toss and elected to receive. However, the decision back-fired as her opponent hammered three aces in winning the first game. The unsettled Ostapenko lost her opening serve and Venus held to lead 3-0. The red sign of danger woke up the charming Ostapenko, as she raced to 40-0 in her service, which she held to the applause of the entire stadium crowd.Although Williams had three game points at 40-0, she lost two before slamming the door to lead 4-1. Ostapenko raised the speed of her serve and was rewarded with the sixth game. Serving with accuracy and pac...
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