In Centre Court, Radwanska only needed one hour and nine
minutes to secure victory over Kerber. She is the first Polish woman to reach a
grand slam final for 75 years.
It did not look promising for the World number 3 when she
was broken early in the first set, only to come back strongly in the sixth and
eighth games to win 5 games in a row. Her relentless tennis forced the German
to make many errors. After the decisive break in the sixth game of second set,
the Polish sealed the straight set victory 6-3 6-4 to reach her first Gran Slam
final
After the match, she said: "You really want to try your
best but sometimes you want it too much and your hands are shaking. After that
I concentrated on every point.
"I had a tough quarter-final and it was good to have a
day off and rest because it's always tough against Angie.
"We are very good friends but on court we're opponents
and you're trying everything to make the final."
Later on Centre Court, Serena Williams overpowered World
Number 2 Victoria Azarenka and produced a Wimbledon record with 24 aces.
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| Serena Williams is one victory away from her fifth Wimbledon title |
Williams now moved within one victory of a fifth Wimbledon
title. Her serve was impregnable and when she broke Azarenka in the third game
of second set, victory seemed to be just matter of time. It was 3-1 lead for
the sixth seed.
But Australian Open Champion Azarenka stopped Williams'
momentum by breaking in the sixth game hence forcing a second tie-break.
The 22-year-old saved one match point in tie-break only to
hit the net with a sloppy backhand right after, allowing Williams to serve for
the match. Another aces for the American sealing the straight set victory.
Williams, who hit 45 winners in the match against Arazenka,
expects her opponent to return well on Saturday. "She's going to get every
ball back", she said. "I've been working so hard, I really wanted it.
I was looking too far in the future. I was so close, but I can't do that".
Today on Centre Court the men semi-finals will take place.
Federer will take on Djokovic while Murray, the hope of Britain, will face
Frenchman Tsonga.
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