Another ‘Serena slam’ on the cards at Wimbledon

Serena Williams extended tennis’ most one-sided rivalry with her 17th consecutive victory over Maria Sharapova to reach her eighth Wimbledon final.

Australian and French Open champion Williams moved ever closer to the calendar grand slam by storming past Sharapova 6-2 6-4 — some 11 years after losing to her biggest foe in tennis in the final at SW19.

Coach Patrick Mouratoglou insisted in advance that Williams’ dominance means there “is not really a rivalry” — and the world number one vindicated that claim to book a showdown with Spain’s Garbine Muguruza.