No. 1 Serena Williams took the first set 7-5 against No. 9 Li Na in a hard-fought, well-played battle that was won all too easily in the end.
Wimbledon: No. 1 Serena Williams Takes First Set 7-5
The two played extremely strong tennis through the first ten games, each holding five times with relative ease.
But at 5-5, Li suddenly seemed overwhelmed by the occasion. Leading 40-0, she inexplicably threw in two double faults and three unforced errors to choke away the game and put Serena up a break.
Serena easily held serve in the next game to take the first set 7-5, putting herself one set away from what is looking like the easiest final four at a grand slam in quite some time.
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