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Serena’s domination puts in her into final

It took less than an hour, 48 minutes to be exact, for Serena Williams to power her way into tomorrow’s Wimbledon final.

To call her 6-2 6-0 victory over Elena Vesnina yesterday one way traffic would be an understatement.

This was Serena at her best. Dominant from the word go, the US athlete never gave her Russian opponent a chance to settle into the match.

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