
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND(AP) —Three-time champion Serena Williams has advanced to the final of Wimbledon after defeating unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova 7-6 (5), 6-2.
The top-seeded Williams needed more than 90 minutes to overcome Kvitova, who was playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal.
Williams was broken in the fifth game of the first set but forced a tiebreaker after breaking back in the eighth game.
The American squandered two set points before winning the tiebreaker after racing to a 4-0 lead.
Williams converted her third match point in the second set after breaking Kvitova on consecutive occasions in the fifth and seventh games.
todays score july 1 thursday 2010
1Serena Williams
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 2
Wimbledon Semifinals21Vera Zvonareva
- 3
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
my moneys on Serena but there could be an upset
