Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams Advances, Will Face Agnieszka Radwanska In Women's Final

Serena Williams Into 2012 Wimbledon Final With Straight Sets Win

Serena Williams is into her seventh career Wimbledon final and will have a chance to win her fifth career title at the All England Club on Saturday. She was at her best on Thursday, defeating Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).

Azarenka was appearing in her second career Wimbledon semifinal, and once again was unable to advance to a final on grass. She has just one grass court title in her career, which came in her only career final appearance on grass in any tournament.

Williams and Azarenka went blow-for-blow for most of the first set before Williams put together a great game on Azarenka's final service game of the set. Neither player had a break point until Williams won two, then broke at 5-3 in the first set. She held serve in the next game, winning the first set 6-3.

It appeared that Williams was going to cruise to an easy win when she broke Azarenka early in the second set, but Azarenka surprisingly broke back to get the match back on serve at 3-3. Both players held serve until the end of the set, forcing a tiebreak.

Williams' serve was spectacular all match, and she brought her best in the tiebreak. Azarenka saved one match point on her own serve, but gave away another on Williams' serve. She hit a Wimbledon record-breaking 24th ace to win the tiebreak 8-6, breaking her own record of 23 aces in a match at Wimbledon with her final serve of the match.

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Wimbledon 2012 Scores: Agnieszka Radwanska Advances Past Angelique Kerber Into Final

Agnieszka Radwanska is heading to the Wimbledon women's final after a comfortable straight sets victory over Angelique Kerber. Even though Radwanksa was the No. 3 seed at Wimbledon, she had never made a major semifinal before this tournament. She now awaits the winner of the second semifinal between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka.

Kerber struggled with her serve throughout the match, hitting just 56 percent of her first serves in. Radwanska didn't rack up the aces or winners, but was in control throughout the match with a nearly mistake-free performance. She converted a much better 78 percent of her first serves, while committing just six unforced errors and going 3-3 on break point opportunities in her 6-3, 6-4 win.

Radwanska does not have a good head-to-head record against either of the other semifinalists, but given that she's playing the best tennis of her life at the moment, she might have a good chance to turn the tables on either Williams or Azarenka.

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Wimbledon 2012 Live TV Schedule For Thursday

The women's semifinals are all set for Thursday at the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon. Television coverage will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.