London — Serena Williams demonstrated that having a baby had not robbed her of any of her phenomenal tennis skills when she became the first mother in 38 years to reach the Wimbledon final, with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of Julia Goerges on Thursday. Germany’s Goerges came into her first Grand Slam semifinal having belted more winners (199), more aces (44) and more unreturned serves (113) than anyone else in the women’s draw, but those statistics counted for little when she came up against an opponent who is in hot pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Major. Remarkably, the 36-year-old was back in a Grand Slam final just 10 months after giving birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia. "It’s crazy. I don’t even know how to feel because I didn’t think I’d do this well in my fourth tournament back in 16 months," said the American, who won the 2017 Australian Open while in the early stages of her pregnancy. "When I don’t have anything to lose, I can just play so free and that’s what I’m doing. "T...
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