Not so elementary Heather Watson gives Serena Williams a scare

Heather Watson came within a whisker of one of the great Wimbledon upsets, but was unable to stop Serena Williams’ march towards the calendar grand slam.

Watson faced down the biggest match of her career forcing herself to believe “everybody’s human” when taking on 20-time grand slam champion Williams.

The 23-year-old was so close to realising that mantra, pushing the reigning Australian and French Open queen the distance only for Williams to prevail 6-2 4-6 7-5 and set up a last-16 tussle with sister Venus.