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Mom Serena, Ostapenko seal semifinal spots

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Updated: July 10th, 2018, 23:24 IST
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London: Jelena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to reach the Wimbledon singles semifinals here Tuesday when she subdued Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-4. Meanwhile mom Serena Williams continued her march towards and eighth Wimbledon women’s single crown with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Italian Camila Giorgi.

Thirteen months after she captured the world’s attention by winning her first clay court title at Roland Garros, Ostapenko will now hope to contest her first grass court final at the All England Club when she meet’s German 11th seed Angelique Kerber in Thursday’s last four showdown. Kerber needed seven match points to subdue Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-5

“I am fighting till the end and it helps me gain more confidence. It’s great to be in the semis,” a beaming Ostapenko said after beating Cibulkova for the first time in three attempts.

After more than a week of sizzling 30 degrees Celsius temperatures, the players struggled to find their range on a chilly and blustery Court One, where the ‘feels like’ temperature dipped to around the 14 degrees mark.

The first five games went against serve before 12th seed Ostapenko’s game finally caught fire in the 11th game when she broke Cibulkova to love with a blazing backhand down-the-line winner.

Two successive aces, clocked at 103 and 106 mph, gave the 21-year-old the first set and the 2017 French Open champion tightened her grip on the contest when she ended another flurry of breaks to go 4-2 up in the second.

Cibulkova did her best to try and hang on but the Slovakian was left chasing shadows as Ostapenko blasted a backhand winner on her first match point to reach the last four without dropping a set in this year’s tournament.

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