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Melbourne Victory have their swagger back and midfielder James Troisi isnt afraid to crow about it.Saturday nights 2-1 derby success capped a fantastic two months for the A-League club, which has won six of eight games to roar to second on the table.With home games against Central Coast and Newcastle next on the fixture list, Kevin Muscats men could be forgiven for thinking that run could well extend further.But its turning the tables on Melbourne City thats brought most Christmas cheer to the navy blue half of Melbourne.Not since round 10 last season had Victory sat above City on the ladder, a year-long wait ended on Saturday.Coupled with two derby defeats earlier in the season, midfielder Troisi said it was a state of affairs that drove Victory on.We know who the biggest team in the A-League is and who the biggest team in Melbourne is, he said on Tuesday.We proved that (on Saturday night) and well continue to improve and prove that to the doubters.We definitely had a great game. (We) put it to them and in the first half probably should have been three or four goals up.Its always fantastic winning your derbies (but) the position were in on the ladder is more important and the form were building is fantastic.Troisi is a key reason for Victorys burst up the table.The 28-year-old Asian Cup winner was a popular man-of-the-match for a buzzing display in his preferred No.10 role.Combined with fleet-footed winger Marco Rojas, the pair have been in irrepressible form over the last month.Against City, Rojas maintained his record of scoring or assisting in every A-League match hes played in this season by doing both.Both left Victory for European clubs but have found themselves back in Melbourne. Troisi said their shared experience helped them bond.Me and Marco are on the same wavelength, he said.He knows what the clubs like and they know what hes like. Being back in Melbourne, playing for a great club, hes doing wonders for us.Troisi hopes he is playing himself back into Ange Postecoglous Socceroos plans with his form but insists his focus is on the week in, week out at Victory.But could the pairs form be so good that they could be poached in the January transfer window?Its a situation Victory coach Kevin Muscat knows well, having fought battles to keep Mitch Nichols, Adrian Leijer and Mark Milligan - with mixed results - in previous summers.Troisi didnt dismiss the prospect but said he was focused on winning a first club title of his career.I just want to keep playing, performing personally and for the team. I want to win the league, he said.Moving or anything like that is not in the back of my mind. Im focused on doing well for the club. Julian Love Giants Jersey . 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LONDON -- The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):---7:15 p.m.Venus and Serena Williams won again at Wimbledon.The American sisters advanced to the quarterfinals in the doubles tournament on Tuesday, beating sixth-seeded Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-3 on No. 3 Court a short time after each reached the semifinals of the womens singles competition.Venus, a five-time singles champion, and younger sister Serena, a six-time champion at the All England Club, have teamed up to win five doubles titles at the grass-court major.---4:35 p.m.Dominika Cibulkovas wedding is on.The 19th-seeded Slovak lost to Elena Vesnina in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Tuesday, falling 6-2, 6-2 on No. 1 Court.Cibulkova is planning to get married on Saturday in Bratislava, but said she would have to postpone the wedding if she kept winning at the All England Club. The womens final is also set for Saturday.Instead, it will be Vesnina playing defending champion Serena Williams on Thursday in the Wimbledon semifinals.---4:15 p.m.Six-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is back in the semifinals at the All England Club.The top-seeded American beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court to reach the semifinals for the 10th time.Williams will next face either Dominika Cibulkova or Elena Vesnina.---2:47 p.m.Venus Williams is one match away from another Wimbledon final.The five-time champion advanced to the semifinals at the All England Club by beating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-6 (5), 6-2 on No. 1 Court.The 36-year-old Williams won her first Wimbledon title in 2000, and then added others in 2001, `05, `07 and `08.She then reached the final in 2009, and the quarterfinals in 2010, but has struggled to go deep into the second week in recent years.Williams will next face Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber.---2:40 p.m.Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber staggered into the Wimbledon semifinals by beating Simona Halep of Romania 7-5, 7-6 (2).The quarterfinal match on Centre Court was messy, featuring 13 breaks of serve, more than half of the games.Kerber waas broken while serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set, and ended up having win in a tiebreaker.ddddddddddddIn her first Wimbledon semifinal match since 2012, Kerber will next play either Venus Williams or Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.---1:50 p.m.Tomas Berdych completed the quarterfinal lineup at Wimbledon when he finally overcame Czech countryman Jiri Vesely 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (9), 6-3.Their fourth-round match was suspended overnight, at two sets apiece, because of darkness on Monday.Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Rafael Nadal, will play Lucas Pouille of France for the first time, in the quarterfinals.For Berdych, it will be his third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was stopped in the last eight at the Australian and French Opens.---1:10 p.m.Play is underway in the womens quarterfinals at Wimbledon.In the first match on Centre Court, fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany is playing No. 5 Simona Halep of Romania. On No. 1 court, five-time champion Venus Williams is up against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.Meanwhile, in the resumption of a fourth-round mens match, Tomas Berdych and Jiri Vesely are back on Court 3, tied at two sets apiece.---12 p.m.The Williams sisters are back in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, 16 years after they first made it this far together at the All England Club.Six-time champion Serena and five-time winner Venus will be playing on Tuesday for spots in the semifinals.Top-ranked Serena will face No. 21-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Centre Court in one of the days four womens quarterfinals. Eighth-seeded Venus was paired against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on No. 1 Court.Australian Open champion and No. 4-seeded Angelique Kerber was scheduled first on Centre Court against No. 5 Simona Halep, with No. 19 Dominika Cibulkova facing Elena Vesnina on No. 1 Court.One mens fourth-round match still needed to be completed, with No. 10 Tomas Berdych and Jiri Vesely resuming at two sets apiece. ' ' '