Serena never feared Giorgi defeat

She was close to going a set and a break down against Camila Giorgi in the Wimbledon quarter-finals but Serena Williams was not worried.

Serena Williams progressed to the semifinals with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against Julia Goerges.

Serena Williams never feared defeat in her Wimbledon quarter-final with Camila Giorgi despite losing the first set on Tuesday.

Williams surrendered a set for the first time during a tournament in which none of the top 10 seeds remain, making her favourite for an eighth All England Club title and a record-equalling 24th grand slam crown.

She was in danger when Giorgi went 30-0 up on Williams' serve in the third game of the second set, but the Italian went on to fire a backhand long after an excellent return had seemingly put her in control of the rally, ultimately missing the chance to earn two break points.

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From there Williams took command and, as she has done so often in the past, pulled off a comeback to win 3-6 6-3 6-4 and set up a semi-final with Julia Goerges.

Asked if she ever believed losing was a possibility, Williams told a media conference: "No. It's weird. Sometimes I feel, 'Man, I'm in trouble'. Sometimes I feel, I can fight. For whatever reason, I was so calm. Even when I was down the first set, I thought, well, she's playing great. I'm doing a lot of the right things. It is what it is."

"Just to be clear, that was just today. I mean, I'm hoping this is like a new thing. Honestly, I highly doubt it. It was just the way I felt today. I never felt it was out of my hands. It's weird. I can't describe it. I just felt calm. Hoping I can channel that all the time, but one day at a time."

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"I'm not tired at all. In fact, when I was out there, I think that was one thing that was surprising, was how well I felt," Williams added when asked if she was fatigued by her first match to go the distance.

"Not once was I out of breath. Surely there wasn't a lot of long points, maybe that's why I wasn't out of breath. Felt good."

On her contest with Goerges, who she beat in straight sets in the third round of the French Open, the 36-year-old said: "I played Julia in the French. That was four or five weeks ago. That doesn't matter. This is a whole new match, it's a new surface, it's everything. We're starting from zero."