Wimbledon 2016 Results: Thursday Winners, Scores, Stats and Singles Draw Update

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Published: July 7, 2016

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Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber both booked their 2016 Wimbledon final spots on Thursday, advancing to the last round of the tournament with routine wins over Elena Vesnina and Venus Williams, respectively.

Kerber played solid, defensive tennis and took full advantage of Venus' many mistakes, while the top seed needed less than 50 minutes to cruise to a win in her most dominant showing of the tournament.

The men will return for their semi-finals on Friday, as Roger Federer battles Milos Raonic and Andy Murray takes on Tomas Berdych. Here's a look at Thursday's results:



 

Recap Defending champion Serena had yet to really impress during this year's Wimbledon tournament, but she booked her ninth spot in the final at the All England Club with some of the best tennis she has played all year.

Bleacher Report UK couldn't help itself:



As shared by Wimbledon's official Twitter account, just about everyone was in awe of what they saw:



Vesnina is more of a doubles specialist than a singles star, and it showed on Thursday, as the Russian spent the entire match chasing after groundstrokes and trying to old her own in the rallies. She dropped the first four games before gaining some control of her serve, but she lost her composure again in the second set.

In the return game, she grabbed just three points in total on Serena's serve, and an upset never seemed likely.

Per BBC Sport, Serena hoped to meet her sister in the final, where she'll have the chance of matching Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam titles:

We've had tough matches before and I knew she could bring it to me on this surface.

It's never easy out there, every point you have to fight for.

I can't believe I'm in the final this year. I'm 0-2 this year [Serena lost the Australian and French Open finals] so I'm det...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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