"She's (Riske) a fighter on the court," said Williams. Waiting for Williams or Riske could well be Britain's French Open semifinalist Johanna Konta, who must beat Czech veteran Barbora Strycova to reach her second Wimbledon semi-final. Strycova, who beat Konta in their only previous meeting, had been talking of retirement prior to her 17th Wimbledon campaign. "That got me to thinking maybe, okay, I'm going to the Australian Open one more time, one more try," she recalled of the chat with Stosur. "I'm really, really happy I tried one more time, and also we won this year in the Australian Open doubles.

Source: Philippine Star July 09, 2019 00:56 UTC