The two Semi finals to watch for at Wimbledon 2015

The third Grand Slam of the year is entering its critical phase as some of the elite tennis stars enter the semifinals. But here I would like to mention two semi finals which will draw a lot of crowd and could mean end of an era or usher in a new one.

The first semi final is between Roger Federer and Britain's Andy Murray. Federer, the aging 33 years old yet superbly fit tennis star and currently ranked world no. 2 who has bagged 17 Grand Slam titles so far - ahead by three Grand Slam titles of Pete Sampras' 14.

Andrew Barron Murray OBE currently ranked World No. 3 has two Grand Slam titles to his credit but has his sights at the Wimbledon title once again after 2013 right in front of his home crowd. Andy Murray has reached his sixth Wimbledon semi-final in seven years.
So it is worth seeing a semi on 10 July - a match between experience of Federer and youth of Andy Murray

The second semi final to watch for is between arch rivals world no.1 American Serena Williams and world no.2 Russian Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova won her first Grand Slam against Serena Williams at Wimbledon some 11 years ago when she was just 17. Since then, both Serena and Sharapova have met 19 times, with the former winning 17 times. Sharapova is in her fifth Wimbledon semi-final, and her first since 2011.

As for the yet again aging but extremely resilient Serena, she is at the top of the world with her 20 Grand Slam titles and does not seem to be giving away any of her weakness to the Russian and reach the finals this year too. Recently crowned the French Open and earlier the Australian Open, she may demonstrate a superb game and may even get to the finals too.

So don't miss out the first critical semi final between Serena and Sharapova today live from the centre court of the Wimbledon.

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Wimbledon Semis: Victoria Azarenka vs Serena Williams -| 5 July 2012

Wimbledon Championship 2012 has now entered the danger zone of the ladies singles' semi finals stage. It is now just two days away from the final day as to who will be the Wimbledon queen this year.

The first semi final is being played between 3rd ranked Polish Agnieszka Radwanska takes between lefthanded 8th ranked German Angelique Kerber on the Centre Court.

Four times Wimbledon champion Serena [top] plays Azarenka [below] in semi final

This will be followed by an important semi final which may take 6th ranked American Serena Williams to play final and if she win there, she will cap her fifth Ladies Singles' title. Serena who has won four Wimbledon titles first rose to glory in 2002 when she beat her sister Venus Williams, who had already bagged the Wimbledon title five times. Serena last held the title in 2010 when she beat Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2.

As for today's semi final, Serena has met 2nd ranked Belorussian Azarenka eight times since Australian Open 2008- and won seven times times.

Serena moves to the semi fianls beating the defending champion P. Kvitova 6-3 7-5, crashing all her hopes to defend her title this year. Azarenka beat T. Paszek 6-3 7-6(4).

Let us watch this important semi finals today and see if Serena can move on to g the fifth title.

The match is scheduled for Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 13:30 GMT on the Centre Court.

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Watch Live Djokovic vs Federer Showdown Free Streaming | Wimbledon Semi Final

So it is decided: World no.1 and the defending champion Serbian Novak Djokovic plays the men's singles semi final against world no.3 Swiss Roger Federer.

On road to Wimbledon Final: Djokovic [left] - Federer [right]

Roger Federer who has come so close to make history by equaling the seven times win record of William Renshaw and Pete Sempras, is to face the defending champion in the semis - now is the time for Federer to beat the Serbian to move to the Finals to win for history.

Their semifinal match will mark their 27th head-to-head meeting on tour or in Grand Slams. Besides, their showdown will be a historic encounter. Not only will the match be their first meeting at Wimbledon, but it will also be their first grass-court meeting in any event. Djokovic defeated Federer in Rome and the French Open this year, while Djokovic was beaten by Nadal thereafter at Roland Garros.

Federer beat Russian M.Youzhny in an easy run over of 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinal on 4 July.

On the other hand, Djokovic is all set to to defend his title and continue afresh by bagging all four Grand Slam titles - an opportunity he missed when he lost to Nadal at French Open recently.

Djokovic overpowered Florian Mayer of Germany easily too 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

The match is scheduled for Friday 6 July 2012 on the Centre Court at 12:00 GMT

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