Lifting her play a much-needed notch down the stretch to grab the last three games, capping the comeback with her 19th ace, Williams reaches the semi-finals at the All England Club by gutsing out a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Alison Riske.
Slowed by a balky ankle, trailing by a service break in the third set of her Wimbledon quarter-final, Serena Williams appeared to be in trouble against an opponent playing the tournament of her life.
Williams rolled her right ankle and her movement was hardly ideal. Late in the second set, she was visited by a trainer, who applied extra tape to the ankle."She was playing her heart out." That might have made all the difference. It's Williams who possesses boundless muscle memory in these situations, who knows what it takes to come through in the tightest contests on the biggest stages.
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