A vintage Venus Williams powered past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and into her third Australian Open semi-final today, becoming the oldest woman to make a Grand Slam last four in 23 years.
The 36-year-old overcame the Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) and will play either fellow American Coco Vandeweghe or French Open champion Garbine Muguruza for a place in the final.
Her achievement makes her the oldest woman to reach a Grand Slam semi since 37-year-old Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1994.
It is a remarkable feat for Williams, who made her professional debut in 1994 and is enjoying a late-career resurgence following a battle with a rare autoimmune disorder.
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