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Koilakh (Madhubani, Bihar) : Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles title including 7 Wimbledon titles Serena Williams, USA, and 7th seed Simona Halep, Romania, entered the semi-finals of Wimbledon Championships at London on July 9, 2019.
11th Seed Serena beat World No 55 Alison Riske, USA, in the quarter-finals in a three-set thriller 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at All England Club. Serena hammered 19 Aces in the match to just 1 by Alison Riske. Both the players won 4 games each in a row. Serena won 6 break points to 5 by Riske. Serena won 54 service points to 51 by Riske, who had stunned World No 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty, Australia, in the Round of 16 on July 8, 2019.
Former World No 1 Simona Halep beat World No 50 Zhang Shuai, China, 7-6, 6-1 in the quarter-finals. Simona won 3 break points to 1 by Shuai. Simona, the 2018 French Open champion, won 5 games in a row to 3 by Shuai. Simona won 50 service points to 35 by Shuai.