Serena enters Wimbledon semifinals; beats Azarenka

The top-seeded American and five-time Wimbledon champion rallied to beat Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday on Centre Court to reach the semifinals at the All England Club for the ninth time.

Williams, who has won 20 major titles in her career, has already won the Australian Open and French Open this season. She needs the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles to complete the set and become the first person to win a calendar-year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988.

Williams will next face Maria Sharapova on Thursday in the semifinals. Williams beat Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, in this year’s Australian Open final.

Agnieszka Radwanska is back in the Wimbledon semifinals for the third time in four years.

The 13th—seeded Pole, who lost in the 2012 final, beat Madison Keys of the United States 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

Radwanska lost to Serena Williams in her only major final at the All England Club three years ago, but followed it up with another semifinal run at Wimbledon in 2013. Last year, Radwanska lost in the fourth round.

Radwanska will face No. 20 Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the semifinals on Thursday.

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