Wimbledon: Semi-finals 2015

Following the Quarter Finals of the Wimbledon Championships 2015 completed over the last two days the big Semi-final encounters are Serena Williams against Maria Sharapova billed as the second match on Centre Court today Thursday July 9 and Roger Federer against Andy Murray in the Gentlemen’s singles Semi-final tomorrow Friday July 10.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a forehand in his Gentlemens Singles Quarter Final match against Marin Cilic of Croatia during day nine of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 8, 2015 in London, England. Julian Finney/Getty Images

LONDON—Following the Quarter Finals of the Wimbledon Championships 2015 completed over the last two days the big Semi-final encounters are Serena Williams against Maria Sharapova billed as the second match on Centre Court today Thursday July 9 and Roger Federer against Andy Murray in the Gentlemen’s singles Semi-final tomorrow Friday July 10.

Ladies singles
If Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are both on top form this should be an amazing contest. Serena Williams having amassed 5 Wimbledon Ladies Singles titles stretching back to 2002 with her most recent in 2012 must go into the match as favorite. Sharapova has won the Wimbledon Champion just once (in 2004) but as we all know is a gritty, never give up performer with great determination. World No.1 Williams however is back on top form after a dip in performance in 2013/2014 and is a formidably consistent performer with strong serving and penetrating ground shots. If she is on top form Williams should pull through to another Wimbledon Final.

Serena Williams returns to Belarus's Victoria Azarenka during their women's quarter-finals match on day eight of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 7, 2015. Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images