Williams is appearing on the cover of Time magazine this week as she prepares to go for No. 24 again

Williams is appearing on the cover of Time magazine this week as she prepares to go for No. 24 again, but as always for Williams, the message is bigger than tennis. Williams, who suffered some major trauma after giving birth last September, hasn’t been shy in discussing her battle with postpartum depression. In her interview with Time,she discussed the balance between being a mother and being a tennis legend whose journey is ongoing.

Williams, who said after losing to Kerber that she was playing for all of the moms, reiterated that in her interview.

“I dedicated that to all the moms out there who’ve been through a lot,” she said during the interview. “Some days, I cry. I’m really sad. I’ve had meltdowns. It’s been a really tough 11 months. If I can do it, you guys can do it too.”  

Williams, however, still has unfinished business with tennis. “I’m not done yet, simple,” she said. “My story doesn’t end here.”

Williams, however, still has unfinished business with tennis

Williams isn’t chasing her 24th major, she’s chasing No. 25, as she said in January. She wants to be the undisputed best to ever pick up a racket. But she said that tennis sometimes has to take a backseat.

“I still have to learn a balance of being there for her, and being there for me,” she said of her infant daughter. “I’m working on it. I never understood women before, when they put themselves in second or third place. And it’s so easy to do. It’s so easy to do.”

Williams will begin her chase of Court’s record again on Aug. 27. She’ll undoubtedly have to run through a gauntlet to get there. Between Kerber, Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and even Maria Sharapova, the field is as competitive as it’s ever been. Williams has already proven to everyone that she can win — she’s 9-2 in major play since her return — but she’s looking to close the deal at a major for the first time since January 2017.

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The American, 33, won a highly anticipated quarter-final  game 3-6 6-2 6-3 in front of 15,000 spectators on Centre Court.

Serena Williams celebrates after her three-set win over Victoria Azarenka to reach the semi-final of Wimbledon

The 20-time Grand Slam champion has now won 26 matches in a row at the majors stretching back to Wimbledon 2014.

Williams will now face Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals on Thursday whom she has got a good record against having won 16 times out of the 19 last meetings.

“It’s been a while but she’s been playing really well, she’s such a fighter,” Williams said.

“I look forward to it. I don’t have anything to lose; I’m just going in there trying to win a match.”

In the other game, former champion Maria Sharapova had a task to overcome American Coco Vandeweghe  and reach her fifth Wimbledon semi-final.

The fourth seed was put under testing times after losing the second set but recovered to beat the world number 47 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 in the opening match on Centre Court.

Maria Sharapova beat American Coco Vandeweghe to reach her fifth Wimbledon semi-final

“You have to give everything,” said the 2004 winner.

Meanwhile Spanish 20th seed Garbine Muguruza will play Poland’s former finalist Agnieszka Radwanska, the 13th seed, in the other semi-final.

Agnieszka Radwanska beat Madison Keys 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-3 to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon for the third time.

“It couldn’t be any better. I’m so happy,” said Radwanska.

Agnieszka Radwanska celebrates her win over Madison Keys to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon for the third time.

She will next face Spain’s 20th seed Garbine Muguruza, who beat Timea Bacsinszky 7-5 6-3 becoming the first Spanish woman to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1997.

The Spaniard, 21, was pleased with her achievement of reaching the last four at  Wimbledon,

“It is very hard to make the last four of Wimbledon, so to achieve this I am very proud.” said Muguruza.

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Second seed Roger Federer put up a show as he outclassed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-2 6-3 to book a place in the last eight at Wimbledon.

Second seed Roger Federer beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-2 6-3 to book a place in the last eight at Wimbledon.

Seven-time champion Federer now needs one more title to break the record he holds with Pete Sampras and Willie Renshaw.

The Swiss did not buy much into his win insisting that it was his opponent who was not at his best.

“I don’t think I made a statement,” said Federer. “I did a nice job making the transition.

“It was a good match. I got off to a good start and kept rolling. Obviously maybe Roberto wasn’t at his very best.”

Federer will next face Gilles Simon for a place in the semi-finals.

In the other games, Swiss fourth seed and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 to set up a last-eight tie with Richard Gasquet. France’s Gilles Simon knocked out World number six Tomas Berdych in straight sets while Canadian Vasek Pospisil fought back to beat Viktor Troicki of Serbia 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3 6-3.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic also fought back from two sets down to level his match against Kevin Anderson before bad light stopped play at Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic battled back to level at 2-2 with Kevin Anderson before play was suspended

The world number one was put under immense pressure  on Court One as the big-serving South African took the first two sets of the fourth-round tie but  Djokovic fought back to level 6-7 (8-6) 6-7 (8-6) 6-1 6-4 after three hours and four minutes.

Play stopped at 21:03 British Standard Time (BST) and will resume for the deciding set on today.

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Meanwhile Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon as fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki bowed out.

Sharapova, 28, has yet to drop a set at this year’s tournament but was tested by unseeded 21-year-old Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan before eventually progressing 6-4 6-4 in 97 minutes.

Maria Sharapova celebrates after reaching to the Wimbledon quarter-finals

The Russian fourth seed will now face 23-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe.

Dane Wozniacki, 24, was looking to reach the last eight for the first time but lost 6-4 6-4 to Garbine Muguruza.

The Spanish 21-year-old, seeded 20th, will now face Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky , who beat Romania’s Monica Niculescu 1-6 7-5 6-2.

Vandeweghe booked her meeting with Sharapova with a surprise win over sixth seed Lucie Safarova.

Czech Safarova, 28, finished runner-up at the French Open this year but lost out to Vandeweghe, who won 7-6 7-6 to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time.

Fellow American Madison Keys , 21, overcame Olga Govortsova , 26, of Belarus 3-6 6-4 6-1 and will now face Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Serbian former world number one Jelena Jankovic 7-5 6-4.

Serena Williams, left, hugged her sister Venus after winning their Wimbledon singels match on Monday. Serena Williams won 6-4, 6-3.

Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka from Belarus eased past Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-3 and now faces five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the next round after her win over sister Venus Williams. Whom she beat 6-4 6-3 in one hour and eight minutes on Centre Court.

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Serena Williams serving during the French open final Lucie Safarova

Williams who is ranked number one, needed two hours and one minute to win.

Safarova, playing her first Grand Slam final, led by a break in the decider but Williams won the last six games.

The 33-year-old becomes the third player – male or female – to win 20 major singles titles.

Only Germany’s Steffi Graf on 22 has won more since the open era began in 1968, with Australia’s Margaret Court collecting 24 between 1960 and 1973.

Williams now holds three of the four major titles and is on course can of completing the set at Wimbledon, having managed the feat already in 2003.

The world number one was so pleased to win the trophy, she said;

“It makes this trophy really special,” she added “I really wanted it. I wanted to win so bad.

“I just felt like I had every opportunity in this match. Being down from the second, third, fourth round, it wasn’t very easy, so I probably topped for my most difficult time to win.

“But it also makes me feel good that I was able to be fit and be able to win the event. I can’t believe I won, but it’s cool.”

Lucie Safarova returns the ball to Serena Williams during the finals of the French Open.

Safarova said: “I’m proud that I fought back in the second set, because it was looking like it will be an easy match.

“Serena was really strong out there. I just pushed myself to step up the level.”

The American suffered with sickness throughout the event and she even feared she was too ill to play 48 hours prior to the final.

“It’s been a nightmare 48 hours,” said the world number one. “I kind of was in the locker room just laying down after my semi-final.”

She added: “I even told the physio, ‘I’m not sure I’m going to be able to play, because this is just not looking good.’ I actually was really bad last night.”And then they helped me out.”

Meanwhile Serena Williams increased her margin at the top of the women’s rankings.
The 33-year-old American’s nearest rival is Czech Petra Kvitova, who has risen from fourth.

Serena William’s nearest rival is Czech’s Petra Kvitova

Russian Maria Sharapova, 28, drops two places to fourth following her fourth-round loss to eventual finalist Lucie Safarova, 28, with the Czech player moving to a career-best seventh.

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