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.

Women events

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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