VENUS WILLIAMS continued to roll back the years as she made her first Grand Slam semi-final for six years.
The American legend, 36, ko’d Kazakhstani Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6, 6-2 to become the oldest major semi-finalist since Martina Navratilova finished runner-up at Wimbledon in 1994.
It was yet another awesome display of power-hitting from the oldest
player left in the women’s draw, whose last appearance in a Slam semi came at the 2010 US Open.
Even going a break down at 3-2 in the first set saw her unflustered as the five-time Wimbledon champ broke straight back.
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Though world No 96 Shvedova will rue blowing a 5-2 lead in the tie-break with five straight unforced errors to lose the shoot-out 7-5.
Williams, making her 19th SW19 appearance, stepped it up a gear to claim comfortably the second.
“I love playing the game.,” she said. “When you’re winning matches it makes it that much sweeter.
“What a tough day on the court. The tie-breaker, it felt like she would win. I felt like my opponent was on fire.
“I felt like the crowd enjoyed all the great points. She got them involved in the last game. We gave them good tennis today.”
Serena’s big sister will now take on Aussie Open champ Angelique Kerber in the last four.
The German No 4 seed enjoyed a tight straight sets win over Romanian Simona Halep.
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