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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. Wholesale Nike Air Max 270 . 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[With] Dillon having a history with blood clots, took him straight to the hospital.Sure enough they found one in his lung and one in his shoulder, but Dillon is on way back now to Kansass City for further evaluation.dddddddddddd But hes done for the year.The 30-year-old Gee was shut down in July 2012 while with the New York Mets with a blood clot in his right shoulder that required surgery.Weve got to figure out exactly where we go from here, Yost said. The most important thing is his health. Weve got to get him healthy first.Gee, who picked up the victory Sunday over the Tigers with 2 2/3 innings in relief, finishes with an 8-9 record and a 4.68 ERA in 33 games, including 14 starts. He went 4-1 with a 3.46 ERA in 19 relief appearances. ' ' '