LONDON, England - Playing some of the best first strike tennis of the entire tournament so far, Petra Kvitova powered into her first Grand Slam final on Thursday afternoon, recording a 61 36 62 victory over Victoria Azarenka.

LONDON, England - After somewhat of a slow start, one of the most recognizable athletes in the world took one step closer to arguably the most coveted title in tennis, as Maria Sharapova rallied back to beat Sabine Lisicki in the semifinals of Wimbledon, 64 63.

LONDON, England - A day after five seeded teams went down, it was an upset-free Tuesday in doubles at the All-England Club, although No.2 seeds Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were pushed to the brink, edging No.14 seeds Cara Black and Shahar Peer, 62 57 63, to reach the quarterfinals.

LONDON, England - For the last few months there has been somewhat of a revival in German tennis, with Andrea Petkovic and Julia Goerges both posting strong results and breaking into the Top 20 - but there could be a third one on her way to that elite. Sabine Lisicki fired a whopping 52 winners against Marion Bartoli on Monday to become the first German in 12 years to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam.

LONDON, England - Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters... and Tsvetana Pironkova? Pironkova joined a very elite list on Monday, scoring her third career win over Venus Williams at a major.

LONDON, England - She was 0-8 against Top 10 players at the Slams, and 0-16 in sets in those matches, and after losing the first set to Caroline Wozniacki in 24 minutes it seemed both trends would continue. But that's when she began ripping ferocious forehands, and two hours and 11 minutes later Dominika Cibulkova topped the world's top player, 16 76(5) 75.