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LONDON -- As the years advance, finishing anything can present a problem. But Tuesday at the All England Club, Serena Williams did it elegantly and emphatically.A 123 mph ace scorched the grass in the service box, sending her back to the semifinals. It was the poignant punctuation of a 6-4, 6-4 thrashing of No. 21 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Lately, elder sister Venus Williams has been getting a lot of credit for being, well, old, but Serena is not exactly a starry-eyed kid anymore.At 34, she is five years older than the next-oldest quarterfinalist, Elena Vesnina.Not only is Serena the oldest player to win a Grand Slam in the Open era (last year at Wimbledon), but she is also the oldest player to be ranked No. 1. Serena has locked down that honor for the better part of the summer and now has an appealing matchup with unseeded Vesnina, who dominated Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 in another quarterfinal.Vesnina was playing her first career quarterfinal in a major and, of course, will see her first semifinal action come Thursday.Serena intimidated Pavlyuchenkova, seven-time Grand Slam champion John McEnroe observed in his role as BBC analyst. Its a tall order to deal with Serena Williams, especially at Centre Court at Wimbledon.And so, the Williams Wimbledon monopoly continues.Serena (six titles) and Venus (five) are both into the semifinals here with a chance to meet in their fifth final. Incredibly, it happened for the first time 14 years ago, when the world was an entirely different place.Its so cool, its great, Serena said of the possibility. I knew she was up, then I saw the score on the court and I was like, Yay.Im excited to get through. It felt really good.Because Serena hasnt won a title in the past three Slams, there is a widespread perception that her game is on the downside. It began when Roberta Vinci ended her hopes for a calendar-year Slam in the US Open semifinals. Then Angelique Kerber beat Serena in this years Australian Open final, and Garbine Muguruza did the same at Roland Garros.That perception is far from the reality.Consider that Serena has reached the final in six of the previous seven Grand Slams. No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic, the hottest player on the planet, has also been to six of seven major finals. Only Serena is in a position to make it seven of eight.She has now won 22 matches in the past four Slams, far ahead of her competitors. With two more here, she would collect her 22nd major singles title, matching Steffi Grafs Open era record.Earlier in this tournament, Serena was oddly passive -- almost too serene, as it were. But a racket-smashing episode against fellow American Christina McHale in the second round seemed to liberate her.Serena looked sharp in the third and fourth rounds, beating Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0 and Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-0. Note the two bagels.On Tuesday, Serenas serve, considered to be the best in womens history, was typically sublime. She had 11 aces and won 36 of 40 (90 percent) of her first-serve points. She did not face a break point and converted the only two she managed against Pavlyuchenkova.Afterward, Serena said she wont be thinking about another rendezvous with Venus when the world No. 1 plays Vesnina.No, Serena said, Im just trying to win my match. One thing Ive learned this year is to just focus on the match.It would be great [if Venus could reach the final]. Obviously, shes such a tough opponent. I want her to win so bad, but not if Im in the final. Fake Vapormax For Sale .ca! Hi Kerry, Heres an interesting one. 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Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs find themselves on the brink of history as they return to Wrigley Field on Thursday.The Cubs -- owners of baseballs best record, 93-52 -- would clinch their first division title since 2008 with a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a 10-game homestand.The division crown would only be the Cubs sixth since Major League Baseball split into divisions 47 years ago. Chicago is on pace for 103 wins, which would be its first season with 100 or more victories since 1935.Cubs manager Joe Maddon is ready to lock it down.Lets do it, he said Wednesday after the Cubs 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. I think itd be a nice thing to do. The sooner, the better. Then we can make our appropriate plans going forward and really set things up to make our best push.Jon Lester (17-4) worked eight innings on a hot afternoon at Busch Stadium while the Cubs wrapped up a 6-3 record in St. Louis this season, beating the Cardinals in all three series.Lester wont see his next action until early next week as the Cubs continue with their late-season, six-man rotation. Left-hander Mike Montgomery (1-1, 3.67 ERA) goes against Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jimmy Nelson (7-14, 4.42 ERA) on Thursday evening.Montgomery, 4-5 with a 2.74 ERA overall between the Seattle Mariners and the Cubs this season, makes his fifth start with Chicago and second straight against the Brewers.He didnt get a decision on Sept. 7 at Milwaukee in a 2-1 Cubs loss after allowing just two hits and one run while striking out six over five innings. Montgomeryy has given up just 12 hits in four starts with Chicago since arriving in a late-July trade.ddddddddddddNelson is making his 30th start of the season and fifth against the Cubs.He has repeatedly struggled against Chicago, going 0-3 with a 3.59 ERA in four starts this season. Nelson is 0-3 with a 4.32 ERA in five career games (four starts) at Wrigley Field. He has an 0-6 record with a 3.59 ERA in 11 career games (nine starts) against the Cubs.He has been similarly unsuccessful against the Cardinals, posting an 0-7 record in eight career starts, including a 4-3 loss in his last appearance. He allowed four runs on five hits over six innings Friday in St. Louis.Its just a crazy game and stuff happens, Nelson said. Theres never really just one answer in this game to anything. You dont want to think theres something wrong and start over-analyzing stuff, so you just try to keep it simple.The Brewers (65-81) snapped a two-game losing streak and salvaged one win in the three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds by earning a 7-0 victory Wednesday. Milwaukee is just 26-45 on the road.The four-game series at Wrigley Field is the last leg of an 11-game Milwaukee road trip. The Brewers will be back at Miller Park on Tuesday to face the Pittsburgh Pirates.Chicagos homestand includes four games with Milwaukee, three with Cincinnati and three against St. Louis. The Cubs close the regular season with seven road games beginning Sept. 26. ' ' '