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Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams set for semis

By The Sports Xchange
American Serena Williams celebrates victory in her match against Bulgarian Victoria Azarenka on day eight of the 2015 Wimbledon championships, London on July 07, 2015. Williams won the match 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI.
1 of 8 | American Serena Williams celebrates victory in her match against Bulgarian Victoria Azarenka on day eight of the 2015 Wimbledon championships, London on July 07, 2015. Williams won the match 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI. | License Photo

Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the Wimbledon women's championship for the first time since 2011 with a two-hour, 48-minute slugfest with powerful 23-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe on Centre Court at the All England Club on Tuesday.

Her reward is a Thursday match with Serena Williams, who had 16 consecutive wins over Sharapova and is 17-2 all-time in her career in that matchup.

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Sharapova, in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event for the 10th consecutive tournament, lost one set to Vandeweghe, one of three American women in the quarterfinals. Sharapova is 20-3 in the quarterfinals following the 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 victory.

Williams made few errors and won seven straight games after wobbling in the first set, a 3-6 loss, before winning the match with 6-2, 6-3 victories. Williams had 12 unforced errors and 46 winners.

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