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LONDON -- She strode to the net with a clenched fist and a dazzling smile and, after politely shaking hands with yet another opponent, Venus Williams began to giggle like a 12-year-old.As she waved to the appreciative patrons of Court No. 1, she couldnt stop.At the age of 36, Venus remains a phenomenon, defying gravity, not to mention all the conventional laws of physics.On Tuesday, she handled another younger opponent, unseeding 28-year-old Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6 (5), 6-2 to advance to the semifinals at the All England Club.Oh, wow, Venus said in her off-the-court interview with the BBC. Somehow, I walked out of that with the [first] set. When you can walk to the net as a winner, thats the goal, thats the dream.Against great odds, Venus continues to live that dream.Next up: No. 4 Angelique Kerber, a straight-sets winner over No. 5 Simona Halep 7-5, 7-6 (2).It is not too early to start imagining a fifth Serena-Venus Wimbledon final -- the first, incredibly, came 14 years ago.Putting Venus success this fortnight into a proper context is becoming an increasingly difficult proposition.No, she shouldnt be doing this, said Mary Joe Fernandez, the U.S. Fed Cup captain and the U.S. Olympic team coach in Rio de Janeiro. Its ridiculous, crazy good.Shes incredibly resilient. She has a great attitude, and its put her in position to compete here.Venus is the No. 8-ranked player in the world, which is even more impressive when you consider shes dealing with Sjogrens syndrome, a chronic condition that causes aching joints and bouts of low energy.Here, in her 19th Wimbledon, she tied the Open era record with 71 Grand Slam appearances. And then she became the oldest woman to advance to a major quarterfinal in 22 years, when Martina Navratilova made the final at the age of 37.Wimbledon, of course, has been Venus signature event. Her unparalleled movement and power landed her in eight finals in the span of a decade. Hard to believe that it was 16 years ago when she beat Lindsay Davenport in the 2000 championship match.The last one was in 2009, when Venus lost to Serena. Lately, it has been more difficult here; this was Venus first Wimbledon quarterfinal in six years.Yeah, semifinals feels good, Venus said. But it doesnt feel foreign at all, lets put it that way. ...?Yeah, the road was six years. They go by fast thankfully. But Ive been blessed, been really blessed, to have an opportunity to be here, have had an opportunity in the past to do this. I dont have any regrets about anything thats taken place in between. Its been a journey, but its made me stronger.Fernandez compared Venus, circa 2000, to the present player.Her movement was unbelievable, said Fernandez, also an ESPN analyst. She doesnt have that any more. But today, she makes the most out of what shes still got: power, her great play at net and her long reach.Its just that now every match is an odyssey -- you just dont know. Sometimes depends on how she feels when she wakes up that day.There were times Tuesday when Venus looked her age. She was in position most of the time, but balls that were clearing the net in her earlier matches here sometimes found the net.With the score 2-all in the first-set tiebreaker, Venus hit a vintage approach shot, got a high ball at net -- and clunked an easy winner into the net, then promptly fell down. Shvedova raced off to a 5-2 lead and the set seemed lost. And then Venus won the last five points to take the extra session.In reality, Shvedova lost it; she made five errors, four on the forehand side, to give Williams the first set.She settled in quickly and calmly to break Shvedova in the third and fifth games to secure the second set.Chris Evert was 34 when she made the semifinals here in 1989. She retired later that year after the US Open.Its been inspiring and impressive that shes still here, still in the game, Evert said. Thats more impressive to me than the fact shes in the quarters. Shes enjoying it, winning matches. She doesnt have to be No. 1 to be happy.She keeps coming back and back again.Ah, but will she come back next year??Retiring is the easy way out, Williams said. I dont have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.On the first day of the fortnight, she described this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.On Tuesday, she explained why.I love playing the game, Venus said afterward. I always have. 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This is my house.With those words, Jarryd Hayne announced he was back.The Hayne Plane took full flight at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday afternoon as he snapped a clutch field goal to seal a thrilling 19-18 NRL win over Wests Tigers.On a day of high drama in Sydneys southwest, which included James Tedesco suffering a suspected broken jaw, the cross-code superstar proved he was back to his brilliant best and ready to drag the Titans deep into September.The loss lifted the Titans back into the top eight while the Tigers season looks over, with the loss compounded by Tedescos injury which required him to be taken to hospital.The Tigers fought hard after Tedesco was assisted from the field, with David Nofoaluma crossing for two tries to even the scores up at 18-18 with 10 minutes remaining before Hayne broke the hearts of the 16,783 in attendance with eight seconds on the clock.After Titans halfback Ash Taylor and Wests Tigers playmaker Mitchell Moses both missed two field goal attempts, Hayne, in just his second game back in rugby league, kicked the winner.Actually, I was going to throw it to (Hayne) on the second (attempt) but he said to let Ash have another go, Titans co-captain Nathan Friend said.On the third one, he took iit and I think his words were this is my house.dddddddddddd Its good to have that confidence.The result left the Tigers in danger of losing touch with the top eight but coach Jason Taylor refused to concede Tedescos injury spelt the end of their season.The Tigers No.1 was taken from the field in the 59th minute after being collected high by Ryan James.The Campbelltown crowd were baying for James blood when he hit Jack Littlejohn high, however Moses missed the attempt at penalty goal - one of several chances the home side had to seal the match.They also had a right to feel dudded after Josh Aloiai was ruled to have lost the ball in his own half, however replays showed it was stripped by Josh Hoffman, and Anthony Don crossed the next set.Taylor refused to blame the referees for their loss.I dont know what you guys want me to say but it happens in every game, Taylor said.You just have to get over that stuff.The referees are human; theyre going to make mistakes. You just have to get on with it and we did.Well learn a lot from that - good thing we dont listen to you lot (the media) with all that stuff. ' ' '