LONDON: It's been 11 years since Maria Sharapova last tasted success against arch rival Serena Williams.
It's also been 11 years since the pair last locked horns at Wimbledon - and on that occasion it was Sharapova who triumphed in the final to be crowned champion.
But as they prepare for the 20th battle in their careers, 17 which have been won by the world No.1 Williams, the Russian said she was desperate to turn the tide.
"Definitely no secrets between each other's games," Sharapova said.
"I haven't played Serena here in 11 years. That would be an incredible moment for me to step out on centre court against her again ... I think it's always a new match. I haven't had great success against her. I would love to change that around. That's how I look at it."
On the other side of the draw, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska overcame American Madison Keys (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) in three sets
The No.13 seed will now take on Garbine Muguruza, who defeated Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) to become the first female Spanish player to reach the semi finals at Wimbledon since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1997.
Sharapova was accused of unsportsmanlike behaviour in her quarter final win against American Coco Vandeweghe, who complained to the umpire about the Russian moving during her serve motion.
"She was moving around in the middle of my motion on my second serve," Vandeweghe said about the No.4 seed.
"That's why I spoke to the umpire. She said she didn't believe she was doing it during the motion. I strongly disagreed. Towards the later end of the second set, I said if she has a problem speaking to Maria, if she's too scared to do it, I had no problem speaking to her.
"What I experienced, what I felt from her moving around in between my serving motion was not, I don't think, sportsmanlike, in my opinion. I try to play as fair as I can. You know, when I felt like it wasn't being reciprocated, that's when I spoke with the umpire for her to deal with.
Sharapova, who progressed following a 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 victory, was unaware of the 23-year-old's gripe when asked in the press conference, refusing to react to her opponent's accusations.
"I mean, it is what it is," Sharapova said.
"What she said, I'm not going to argue against her words."
The queen of scream Victoria Azarenka hit out at questions about her grunting during her Wimbledon quarter-final loss to Williams on Tuesday.
Azarenka, who squandered a first set advantage to be sent packing out of the All England Club, was asked about the volume of both her and Williams' grunting in the press conference.
The question didn't sit well with the Belarusian, who said she was sick of talking about it.
"You know, I'm so tired of these questions all the time," said Azarenka, the ex-girlfriend of singer Redfoo.
"It's so in a way annoying because guys grunt. I was practising next to Nadal, and he grunts louder than me, and nobody notice that. Why? I don't understand why. Because the women on the court both trying their hardest and giving everything they have, and they make a noise. Is that a problem of tennis?
The 25-year-old didn't stop there, calling for an end to the questions about grunting and for journalists to focus on the tennis rather than trivial matters.
"It happens in every sport. So I think maybe it's time to just put it aside and not talk about it all the time because this is not what is important when there are two players playing on the centre court," she said.
"We got to look a little bit past that and say, oh, my God, Serena played 24 aces. Did any of the guys do it maybe in that match? Look at the good stuff. Stop bringing this ridiculous stuff. Let's put aside the noise and how she looks, and look at the game. The game proved itself today."
