LONDON -- Serena Williams is once again one victory from her record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam title after powering her way into the Wimbledon final.
In control from start to finish, Williams needed all of 48 minutes to overwhelm Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday in a semifinal that felt more like a training session.
Except Williams probably gets more of a workout when she practices.
"It's never easy out there," the No. 1-seeded Williams said in an interview with the BBC after leaving Centre Court.
Sure looked easy.
Williams' serve was in fine form, reaching 123 mph and producing 11 aces against the 50th-ranked Vesnina, who was participating in her first major semifinal and trying to become the first unseeded woman to reach the title match at the All England Club in the Open era.