Serena Williams was the only higher seed to win in the women's quarterfinals, beating Na Li handily 7-5, 6-3. Kim Clijsters couldn't pull off a tough 3 set match with former top 5 player Vera Zvonareva and Venus Williams just got utterly schlacked by the 82nd player in the world, Tsevetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.
So I have to say, thank the tennis gods for Serena Williams. Without her consistently dominant play, the women's tour would be in complete shambles. Women's tennis would have taken a huge blow if the Wimbledon semis consisted of Na Li, Vera Zvonareva, Tsevetana Pironkova and Petra Kvitova. You know who would have cared about those matches... absolutely nobody.
Thank you Serena Williams for being the only top player who consistently shows up for the grand slams. Seeds 2-20, who didn't make the semis (most of which did not make the quarters), should be sending you flowers as you are single-handedly keeping women's tennis exciting and relevant.
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