Wimbledon - Another All-Williams’ Final

For the fourth time in a Wimbledon final, the Williams sisters will have to face each other for the title, the eight-time in a Grand Slam competition. Venus and Serena Williams defeated both Russians Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva respectively in semifinals on Thursday at Centre Court. Venus Williams, who is the defending champion at Wimbledon, defeated the No. 1 of the World Dinara Safina on a match that seemed too easy for the American, since she won 6-1 and 6-0 and lasted only 51 minutes. With a very solid game, Venus smashed Safina with his good serve and nearly no errors in the match. Safina, who is still looking for the first Grand Slam title of her career, lost all her hopes as she was crashed terribly by Venus Williams. Everything went wrong for her today; she committed 16 unforced errors and just 6 winners, making only 20 points, while Venus had 16 winner shots and just one unforced error. Venus stated that she is very excited to be on the final against her sister for the fourth time, and that she never thought it was going to be so easy for her after she saw the match of her sister Serena against Dementieva which, on the contrary, was very dramatic. Nevertheless, she said that the most difficult part will be to face her sister in the final on Saturday. Venus is trying to become, along with Steffi Graff, the only women to win Wimbledon in three consecutive years; that is why is so important for her. On the other hand, Serena had a pretty tough match today against Dementieva when both of them had a hard time playing each other, but at the end the winner was Serena 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6. The match, that was the longest semifinal for women’s singles at Wimbledon since 1969, lasted two hours and 49 minutes. Serena with her experience and way of playing was very consistent in the moments that she needed to be consistent. On the other hand, for Dementieva her goal was to win the game, she even pushed Serena to the limit and almost eliminated her; she played what is considered one of the best matches of her career and was very close to move to her first Wimbledon final. She expressed after the match that maybe she had to take some more risks to win. "It's definitely one of my more dramatic victories, for sure," Serena said. "Elena played so well, and we gave the crowd a wonderful match," she said. "It was really, really tough." "I thought ace, it's my serve, if I can just stay calm. I was just trying to think positive." The final between the Williams sisters it’s going to be very interesting since both of them are fighting for the title but at the same time they care for each other. Their style of playing is very different and that would be the attractive aspect of the match; we would have to wait and see what happens but we wish the best for both of them.