Serena is pictured during the third round at Wimbledon 2011 - where the defending Champion went out in the quarter finals. It was her first
Grand Slam event of the year following an illness reported as a pulmonary mbolism, which began after she cut both feet on glass whilst leaving a resturant. She underwent surgery to remove several blood clots in both lungs during February 2011 and it was thought it might be the end of her tennis career. In September she reached the U.S. Open final just to demonstrate she was not yet finished.
LAST 16. WIMBLEDON 2011.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA defeated CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 1-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-5
MARIA SHARAPOVA defeated SHAUL PENG 6-4, 6-2
SABINE LISICKI defeated DETRA CETKOVSKA 7-6(7-3), 6-1
MARION BARTOLI defeated SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1, 6-2
TAMIRA PASZEK defeated KSENIA PERVAK 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
VICTORIA AZARENKA defeated NADIA PETROVA 6-2, 6-2
PETRA KVITOVA defeated YANINA WICKMAYER 6-0, 6-2
TSVETANA PIRONKOVA defeated VENUS WILLIAMS 6-2, 6-3
QUARTERFINALS
MARIA SHARAPOVA defeated DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-1, 6-1
SABINE LISICKI defeated MARION BARTOLI 6-3, 6-7(5-7), 6-2
VICTORIA AZARENKA defeated TAMIRA PASZEK 6-3, 6-1
PETRA KVITOVA defeated TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-4, 6-7(4-7), 6-1
SEMIFINALS
MARIA SHARAPOVA defeated SABINE LISICKI 6-4, 6-3
PETRA KVITOVA defeated VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
FINAL
PETRA KVITOVA defeated MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3, 6-4