Venus Williams successfully defended her Wimbledon title by defeating her younger sister Serena 7-5 6-4. The 28-year-old Williams won her seventh Grand Slam crown, and the fifth one at Wimbledon.

Sixth seed Serena started strong, breaking Venus in the first game, and retaining that lead until the eighth game when Venus broke back to level at 4-4. Venus, seeded seventh, held her serve and in the end broke Serena to take the set. Pity there was no tie-break, Serena deserved it. Read more »

Sisters Serena and Venus Williams will clash in Wimbledon 2008 final, but their father Richard won't be there to watch because he simply can't bear to be there while his daughters play against each other. Instead, he will fly back home to the United States.

"If your kids got into a fight with each other, could you stand to watch that? That's the way I feel," said Richard Williams.

"I feel that they are fighting against each other so I wouldn't watch it. I will be on a plane at 36,000 feet," he said. "It is too emotional for me."

The final to take place on Saturday will be the third championship match at Wimbledon that the sisters will play against each other. Defending champion Venus has lost to Serena twice, and is therefore looking for revenge.

Venus and Serena have six Wimbledon titles between them. (source: Reuters)

Defending champion Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon final for the seventh time after a confident 6-1 7-6(3) victory over fifth seed Elena Dementieva.

Dementieva was overpowered from the beginning, being broken right away in the first game, plus two times later on, and was no match for the fast-serving Williams in the opening set. The second set was a closer affair with Dementieva giving more resistance and forcing a tiebreak. However, the four-time Wimbledon champion earned three successive match points in the tiebreak and defeated the Russian on the first one.

Seventh-seeded Williams will play either her sister Serena or Chinese phenomenon Zheng Jie in the championship match. (photo: Getty Images)

Venus Williams stays on course for a fifth Wimbledon title reaching the semifinals where she'll meet Elena Dementieva.

Fifth seed Elena Dementieva moved into the semifinals beating fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3. Seventh seed Venus Williams advanced to the final four with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Grand Slam quarterfinal debutante Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, who thrashed Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round.

Dementieva raced to win the first set 6-1 against Petrova and led 5-1 in the second but let the lead slip and needed a third set. Williams never looked in danger of falling victim to Tanasugarn, but nor did she really hit the heights.

Williams leads head-to-head record against Dementieva 5-2, but they have never before met on grass. (source: BBC, photos: Getty Images)

Venus Williams is not the only player at Wimbledon wearing EleVen clothing line. Cool. Nadia Petrova is supporting her colleague’s designs wearing a white peace at the Championships.

Here’s what Venus said after her first round match about Nadia wearing EleVen:

Q. You brought out a new clothes line here, but you have Petrova wearing your clothes, right?

VW: Uh-huh. Read more »