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Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams player to beat
The Azarenka-Williams match certainly has the highest profile of the two semi-finals.
Radwanska is in the last four of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, while the eighth-ranked Kerber lost in the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Open for her best result in a major.
Still, either Radwanska or Azarenka will be the new No. 1 after this tournament, overtaking Maria Sharapova who lost in the fourth round.
Radwanska had lost five previous quarter-finals at Grand Slams, but is now the first Polish player to reach the semi-finals of a major in the Open era. She has played Kerber four times, with each match going to three sets and the series level at 2-2.
“We played a couple times each other. Always went three sets, always tough,” Radwanska said. “Never on grass. It’s just going to be another challenge. I just hope I can still play my good tennis and we’ll see.”
Williams, meanwhile, is in her eighth Wimbledon semi-final, having won the title here in 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010. She was runner-up in 2004 and 2008.
So just reaching the last four is not exactly something that has Williams excited in itself.
