In my semifinal previews, I picked Jelena Ostapenko to lose to Iga Swiatek, and Amanda Anisimova to lose to Ekaterina Alexandrova. They wanted no time proving me wrong with easy, one-sided victories.

Serena Williams is celebrated globally as the ultimate tennis champion, but to her two daughters, Olympia, seven, and Adira, one, she is first and foremost a doting mother.