Mauresmo might too much for Myskina

Amelie Mauresmo took total command of the net to dominate Anastasia Myskina 6-3, 6-4 and move onto Wimbledon semis.

Amelie Mauresmo took total command of the net to dominate Anastasia Myskina of Russia 6-3, 6-4 and win a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday.

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It was the second straight year the 25-year-old, third seeded French woman has made the last four and rarely has she been so sure-footed in her tactics and game plan.

Knowing that last year's French Open champion likes nothing better than sitting back on the baseline and grinding through long rallies, Mauresmo served and volleyed and came into the net whenever possible on her opponent's serve.

In the end, Myskina had no answer to the barrage coming her way and Mauresmo is now just two matches away from finally ridding herself of the "best player not to have won a Grand Slam title" tag.

And it was much the same scenario on the Myskina service with Mauresmo chipping and charging on the Russian's second serve and biding her time when the first service was good.

A break of serve in the fourth game put Mauresmo 4-2 up, but she played a sloppy game on her following serve to allow Myskina back into the match. It proved to be short-lived though as Mauresmo broke again and then wrapped up the set 6-3 in 30 minutes.

Myskina battled hard to repell Mauresmo's attacks at the start of the second set, even leaving her baseline at times to attack the net and she held firm until 2-2.

But on her following serve Mauresmo powered to 0-40 and grabbed the advantage she needed when Myskina netted a backhand drive on the third break point.

At 2-4 down the Russian opted for all-out attack in contrast to her habitual waiting game approach and it paid dividends in the eighth game when Mauresmo's first serve let her down.

But the French woman made her pay in the following game capitalising on two unforced errors to attack the net and move back ahead 5-4.

She then served out to love to book her place in the last four.