Sister Act at Wimbledon
Published:Thursday | July 2, 2009 | 1:10 PM
Americans Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion today to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.
Two-time champion Serena saved a match point and overcame Russian Elena Dementieva 6-7, 7-5, 8-6 in 2 hours, 49 minutes.
And five-time winner Venus needed only 51 minutes to overwhelm top seed Dinara Safina, also of Russia, 6-1, 6-0 to reach her eighth Wimbledon final.
The sisters who hold 17 Grand Slam titles between them will face each other Saturday, July 4, Independence Day in the United States.
Venus is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win Wimbledon three years in a row.
Meanwhile, the men’s semifinal will take place tomorrow with Roger Federer of Switzerland looking for a sixth Wimbledon championship title.
Federer, seeded Number 2, will now face 24th seed Tommy Haas of Germany, while British Andy Murry and American Andy Roddick will face off in the other semi-final.