Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 5/7/16 USA's Serena Williams celebrates during her match against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams battered Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-4 at Wimbledon on Tuesday to join sister Venus in the semi-finals and said she was surprised and delighted the pair were still competing at the top of their sport.
The defending champion, seeking an elusive 22nd grand slam to equal Steffi Graf's open-era record, showed no sign of slowing down against 25-year-old Russian Pavlyuchenkova as they exchanged explosive groundstrokes.
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