Women's Semi Final: Serena Williams Beats Amelie Mauresmo 6-7, 7-5, 6-4

Women: Serena Williams fought back from a set down to beat France's Amelie Mauresmo 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the semi-final.
Serena Williams fought back from a set down to beat France's Amelie Mauresmo 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the women's semi-finals at Wimbledon, to keep alive her hopes of winning a third successive Wimbledon title.

The 22-year-old American, who beat her sister Venus to win the last two finals, will face Russian teenager Maria Sharapova in Saturday's showdown. Top seed Serena dropped her first set of this year's tournament to Mauresmo but the 24-year-old fourth seed failed to hold her notoriously fragile nerve.

Serena battled to win the second set, during which Mauresmo had treatment for a back injury, and sealed victory in the third when Mauresmo sailed a forehand long.


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Published: 7/1/2004
 
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