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. Cheap Nike Air Max Wholesale . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Cheap Air Max On Sale . 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OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton hosts its second opponent of the week from the Mid-American Conference Saturday when Akron visits CenturyLink Center.The Zips could be the stiffest defensive test the No. 10 Bluejays have faced since playing then-No. 9 Wisconsin on Nov. 15.Akron is 6-1 with six consecutive victories since losing its season opener Nov. 12 to Youngstown State. While the Zips are averaging 80.1 points per game, theyre giving up just 62.7.Contrast that with the high-flying Bluejays offense that is averaging 92.0 points per game, the sixth-best total in the country through the first three weeks of the season.One of the more intriguing matchups will be how Creightons big men -- especially redshirt freshman Justin Patton -- fare against Akron senior Isaiah Johnson in the 7 p.m. CST game that will be broadcast on Fox Sports 2.Known as Big Dog, the 6-foot-10, 290-pound Johnson is the reigning MAC Eastern Division player of the week. Johnson is averaging a team-leading 15.7 points per game while shooting 67.7 percent (24-of-42) from the field.Johnson and Kwan Cheatham both are averaging six rebounds per game, and Johnson has blocked six shots.How Patton responds to the biggest big man hes faced in his young collegiate career will be a good way to measure how far the 7-foot Omaha North graduate has developed his game.Patton is averaging 13 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. He has scored in double figures in every game of Creightons 7-0 start and, like Akrons Johnson, has blocked six shots this season.Teammates aare seeking out Patton on the offensive end, as he has had 19 dunks with 11 of those coming on lob passes from guards Marcus Foster, Khyri Thomas and Maurice Watson.ddddddddddddatson has been efficiently running the Creighton offense from the point guard position. He is second in the NCAA this season with 59 total assists and an average of 8.4 per game. Watson leads the nations active players with 698 career assists, and hes also third in steals.Foster has been a big plus for the Bluejays offense after sitting out last season as a transfer from Kansas State. The 6-foot-3 junior from Wichita Falls, Texas is averaging a team-leading 18.3 points per game and passed the 1,000-career points milestone in Tuesdays win over Buffalo.Senior forward Cole Huff from Altadena, Calif., has a chance to join Foster in the 1,000-point club Saturday. Huff is just 17 points shy of that career achievement as he has scored 456 as a Bluejay after transferring from Nevada with 527 points.Both teams have relied on deep benches for their early season success. The Zips have had 15 different players log minutes this season; six of them are averaging 7.9 points per game. Antino Jackson is averaging 12.0 points per game to join Johnson with a double-digit average.Creighton has four players averaging double figures per outing. 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