Venus Williams and her little sister Serena Williams are trying to make their way to an all Williams Women’s Wimbledon Final. The Williams sisters will play in the women’s semifinals on Thursday. Venus defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6-4, 6-3 in their Wimbledon match earlier today. Venus will play Elena Dementieva on Thursday. Serena defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 6-0 earlier today as well. She will also play on Thursday against Zheng Jie. Venus is the women’s defending champion. Her win last year gave her four Wimbledon championships. Serena has won the women’s title twice.
Williams Sisters on Path to All-Family Final
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREYWIMBLEDON, England — The Williams sisters are back in the semifinals at Wimbledon and another intrasquad final looks quite likely. But the company they are keeping at this rarefied stage of tennis’s most traditional tournament is certainly unexpected.
No. 5 seed Elena Dementieva, with her suspect serve, has never been at her best on grass, and little more than two weeks ago, she suffered a psychological blow at the French Open that might have sent a weaker character into an extended tailspin.
Unseeded Zheng Jie of China was ranked just 133rd coming into this tournament and required a wild card from the All England Club to gain entry.
But in Thursday’s semifinals, it will now be Venus Williams against Dementieva and Serena Williams against Zheng.
Four-time Wimbledon champion Venus and two-time champion Serena are justifiably heavy favorites, but that does not mean Serena’s match with Zheng won’t generate considerable interest in China in this Olympic year.
Serena beat Zheng easily in their only previous meeting, which came in the first round of Wimbledon in 2004, which was Zheng’s breakthrough year on tour.
“I’ve been watching her play,” Serena said. “I think she’s doing a fabulous job, and I don’t think it’s luck, her doing well. I think she’s a really good player. I’m definitely not going to underestimate her.”
I will be home on Thursday so I will be watching.
