WIMBLEDON, England — It looked straightforward again on the grass and in the summer sunshine on Thursday as Serena Williams kept the angst and the unforced errors to a minimum on Centre Court.
But it has been anything but easy for her to get back to what might seem like her rightful place in a Wimbledon final.
“This is not inevitable for me,” she told the BBC, moments after she played what looked like her finest match of the season to defeat Julia Görges, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals.
It has been less than a year since Williams gave birth to her daughter, Olympia.