Hours before Williams overpowered Li, the 2011 French Open champion and one of the few players with the power to hang on the court with the world's No. 1, Azarenka won a push-fest against Pennetta.

Williams, trying to become the first 30-year-old woman to win the U.S. Open since Martina Navratilova in 1987, compiled a 38-6 edge in winners in her 64-minute semifinal against Errani.

Williams erased deficit after deficit and beat former No. 1 Azarenka 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Saturday in a third-round French Open match filled with momentum swings and one GIF-ready contentious exchange.

Williams had an 8-0 record against Azarenka at the majors before this match, including a 2010 Australian Open encounter in which she stormed from a set and 4-0 down to win.

I am going to the final with nothing to lose." Williams holds a 6-1 head-to-head record against Azarenka, whose only win came in 2009. This will be the first time they meet on clay.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Venus Williams rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at the ASB Classic on Tuesday in what she described as one of the ...

The most recent meeting between Serena and Azarenka came in the 2016 BNP Paribas Open championship match and Azarenka won that one 6-4, 6-4. Neither played here in 2017 due to pregnancies.

Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, reacts during a semifinal match against Serena Williams, of the United States, during the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in New York.

Serena Williams came back from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday, booking her place in the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2015, where she will face off against Maria Sharapova.

Ah yes, that famous Williams serve. Williams hit 20 aces against Pironkova, her highest tally in eight years. But in Azarenka, she is facing one of tennis’ top returners.