If there was ever any doubt about Serena Williams' place among the true legends of women's tennis, all such concerns were erased today as the younger Williams sister claimed the 14th Grand Slam title of her career, and her first in two years to spark what one can only believe to be her second coming in the sport. Only Steffi Graf, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova have won more Grand Slam titles that Serena, and with the 30-year old making a triumphant return to the world stage after an injury plagued couple of seasons, who is to say that she will not knock off the four more majors she needs to go level with Chris and Martina.

The Women's Final today was always expected to be a one-sided affair with the 23-year old counter punching Pole doing brilliantly to become the first player from her country since Jadwiga Jedrzejowska played in the final in 1937. However, ill-health and an in-form Serena always meant that this was going to be a David versus Goliath encounter. Up 6-1, 4-2 in under an hour, it appeared that the pre-match predictions were going to come true before Williams went walkabout and dished out 18 unforced errors to allow the young Pole to remarkably level the match at a set apiece. In the end though, Serena was too strong for Agnieszka, and recorded a strong 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 win.

After having been served up an appetizer in the form of Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer, it was now time for the lucky few inside Center Court at Wimbledon to feast on the main course as local boy Andy Murray attempted to become the first Briton since Bunny Austin in 1938 to play in the Men's Final at Wimbledon. Standing in the way of the world no.4 was the charismatic 5th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who had just the solitary win to show for his 6 previous cracks at the 25-year old Scot. The match proved to be a rather scrappy rather than artistic affair with Murray managing to ease through the first two sets without much opposition. A slight dip in concentration cost the Briton the third set, but Murray righted the ship in the fourth, holding his ground in some intense and decisive service games to earn his spot opposite Roger Federer in Sunday's final with a solid 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 triumph.

Murray came out of the blocks all guns blazing, breaking the Frenchman in just the second game of the match to go up 2-0 thanks to some authoritative backhand winners. Nevertheless, the set was far from over with Tsonga getting a good look in on Murray's serve in the 5th game, going up a couple of break points. However, Murray managed to see off both the oppotunities and one more in the game with the help of some scorching aces to maintain the lead in the first set. With the Briton starting to up the ante on his service games, the Frenchman could do nothing but watch the local boy serve his way to a one set lead in just 34 minutes.

The Indian challenge at Wimbledon remains very much alive as Leander Paes, the only Indian remaining in the draw, stormed into the Mixed Doubles semi-final alongwith his Russian partner Elena Vesnina. They defeated Australian-Russian pair of Paul Hanley and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-2, 6-2 in just 57 minutes.

Every tennis era produces a champion, most tend to dominate the sport for a period of 4-5 years before the next contender rises and brushes the former away into the record books where they maintain a place forever in the annals of history. Every once in a while though there are exceptions where a champion goes on to become much more than just a memory in a history book, he embodies the sport for a concerted length of time to ensure that he becomes synonmous with it, and gives the fans stories worthy of being passed on from one generation to the next. One such champion is Roger Federer, who after 16 Grand Slam titles one would have believed to have a chapter dedicated to him in every tennis book ever written from now to eternity. Well that chapter got a new entry today as the Swiss Maestro, who hasn't won a major since the Australian Open in 2010, turned back the clock many a years to comfortably ease past young contender Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 into his 8th Wimbledon final.

The opening set raced by as if the players were on the clock, rushing to catch the last shuttle home. Service games went by like blurs and with the exception of Djokovic's third service game, there was nothing to write home about. That game though made all the difference as Federer got his backhand working to perfection, slicing to keep the ball low, while rifling forehand winners down the line to grab the all important first break. The rest of the set continued to whizz by, and in 24 minutes flat, Federer was a set up in this semi-final, 6-3.

The second ladies' semi-final at Wimbledon on Thursday pitted the world no.2 Victoria Azarenka against the 13-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams. With many calling this match a de facto final, there was a lot on the line for both players as the winner of this marquee encounter was favored to emerge as the Wimbledon champion. A lopsided first set gave the American the all-important one set to love lead with the 4-time champion dominating proceedings right from the outset with her probing serve and her powerful groundstrokes. Even though, the second set was fought neck-to-neck, Serena's impenetrable serve proved to be the thin line of difference between both the players, blasting a record 24 aces, to allow herself to edge the Belarusian in the deciding tie breaker to proceed to her 7th Wimbledon final.

The first set saw both players holding their serves with consummate ease through the first seven game of the set. Nevertheless, it was the American who had a much easier time on her delivery, blasting a total of 8 aces in the set alone and more impressively winning 15 of 16 points when her first serve went in. In the 8th game, the Belarusian's serve went under the gun, going down a couple of break points thanks to some inspired play by the American and some equally poor errors from the racquet of Azarenka. Serena required just one, sealing the break with a whopping backhand winner down the line to allow herself the opportunity to serve for the match. Another routine hold that included 2 aces gave the 13-time Grand Slam champion the first set in just 33 minutes.

Agnieszka Radwanska is not a new name in Women's tennis. The 23-year old Pole has been on the circuit for seven years, turning professional shortly after her 16th birthday. In her early years she was seen as one half of the Polish doubles team partnering little sister Urszula, and grabbing a first bit of attention. Agnieszka's climb up the charts has been steady and far from meteoric. Ever since her breakthrough year in 2006, she has made respectable progress by doing things the Caroline Wozniacki - way, playing lots and lots of tournaments.

Radwanska was consistently ranked inside the top 10 each of the last four seasons, but was never taken seriously as a threat by the top players. Ms. Consistent, Agnieszka was believed to lack the weapons to really cause an uproar in any Grand Slam, but was always seen to be around in the second week. Not one of the 'glamour-girls', the young Pole was often placed on one of the outside showcourts in morning matches, playing in front of sparse crowds filtering into the stadium, almost like a warm-up act before the real deal.

Murray Mania is set to run wild in Great Britain as the young Scotsman moved one step closer to his first ever Wimbledon final by seeing off the challenge of Spanish no.2 David Ferrer in 3 hours and 52 minutes in the quarter-finals today. Ferrer won the opening set of their high quality tennis match, but Murray came back strongly to win the next three to record a hard fought 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 win. Up next for the world no.4 is the challenge of the 5th seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who for once in his career will not have the backing of the fans, when he takes on the home hero. Tsonga did produce the goods today though, losing his customary set en route to defeating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 in another entertaining affair. Earlier in the day, defending champion Novak Djokovic and 6-time champion Roger Federer coasted through their respective quarter-finals to set up a dream date in Friday's semis.

Ferrer struck first in the opening set, breaking Murray with relative ease in just the 4th game with the help of some deep and penetrating groundstrokes to go up 3-1. However, with both players known for their returning prowess, service turned out to be more of a liability with the veteran learning it the hard way by getting himself broken while serving for the set in the 9th game thanks to some consistent returns from the other end of the court. The rest of the set went on serve with the Spaniard getting out of some spots of bother to stay on level terms with the Briton to finally force a tie breaker. The tie breaker proved to be a topsy turvy affair witnessing a series of mini breaks and critical momentum shifts. Despite having the all-important momentum coming into the tie breaker, having crawled back from a 2-5 deficit in the set, it was the veteran who came out on top edging Murray 7-5 in the tiebreak to bag the first set in just under an hour.