Serena Williams beats Mladenovic to give notice that comeback title is on

• Seven-times Wimbledon champion reaches fourth round
• ‘I worked really, really hard. It’s been a long, arduous road’

If anyone doubted Serena Williams was worth consideration as a winner of this tournament for an eighth time – let alone the 25th seeding that has caused a minor stir in the locker room – she provided the most emphatic statement of intent with her third straight-sets win of the week to reach the fourth round on a wave of growing self-belief.

“It’s going pretty well,” she said courtside with staggering understatement after beating the accomplished French player Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-6 (2) in front of a Centre Court audience who had come to soak up the sun and the American’s glowing brilliance on Friday afternoon.

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