At Wimbledon, the women’s defending champion, Serena Williams showed off her skill when she overcame Maria Sharapova in a 7-6(9), 6-4 match last Monday, reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament and avenged her loss to Sharapova during the 2004 finals.
During her game against Sharapova, Serena Williams was able to serve a total of 19 straight aces, making it a total of 63 aces for the tournament.
Regarding her performance, Williams said, “I don’t serve like this too often… I don’t know what it is about this court that makes me serve well.”
Sharapova also had something to say regarding her performance, which included seven double faults, “I played really well and I thought I had my chances… If it was not for her really great serving, I certainly had a real good look at winning the match.”
In another marquee of the Wimbledon women’s tournament, Kim Clijsters was able to defeat Justine Henin in a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 match in a Belgian-to-Belgian competition. Both former No. 1 seeds were battling off as to who would prevail during their returns from retirement.
Williams’ sister, Venus, also advanced a step closer to the main prize. She was among the 32 tennis players who were playing their very best in order to survive the fourth round elimination of the Wimbledon tournament.