Kim Clijsters and Steffi Graf, together with Andre Agassi and Tim Henman, are to participate in A Centre Court Celebration to test the new retractable roof at Wimbledon.

The crowd of 15,000 will have an opportunity to watch the men’s singles, ladies singles and mixed doubles exhibition matches on May 17. Tickets will cost £35.00 and will go on general sale March 12.

The construction of the multi-million pound roof, aimed at preventing annoying rain delays, began in 2006. The roof is translucent, so as to allow natural light in, and takes 10 minutes to shut.

As part of the redevelopment, the capacity of Centre Court was expanded from 13,800. (source: BBC, photo: ucayman)

Wimbledon 2008 singles champion Venus Williams, who won her fifth title at the grass-court Grand Slam, attended the Champions Dinner which was held at the Hotel Intercontinental, Park Lane, on July 6 in London.

Don't forget that Venus also won the ladies' doubles title with sister Serena at Wimbledon 2008. (photos via Yahoo)

Eleventh-seeded Venus and Serena Williams defeated sixteenth-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-2 and won their third Wimbledon doubles title.

That is Venus' and Serena's seventh Grand Slam doubles title, and they have an amazing 7-0 record in Grand Slam doubles finals.

The sisters have added the Wimbledon 2008 title to the ones from the years 2000 and 2002. In addition, Venus and Serena have today scored their 100th victory together. (photo via Yahoo)

Congratulation to the Williams sisters who won the Wimbledon doubles title only hours after their fantastic encounter in the singles final.

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)

Sixth seed Serena Williams will play her elder sister Venus, seeded seventh, in Wimbledon finals for the third time, after ending an impressive run of China's world No.133 Zheng Jie. Final score: 6-2 7-6(5).

Williams’ serve was impressive throughout the semifinal and Zheng could barely win a point on her opponent’s serve. The exception to this rule was only the second part of the second set, when Zheng even managed to break strong Williams for a 4-2 lead. However, Zheng’s lead didn’t last long, Williams broke back right away. Zheng, however, had one more chance to stay in the match — when she had a set point to force the third set. Disappointingly, Zheng netted a backhand and Williams gave her no more such opportunities from then on. In the tiebreak, Williams scored victory on her first match point with Zheng double-faulting. Unfortunately, this was a poor end of Zheng's otherwise great performance. Read more »

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)

Serena Williams brushed aside the challenge of Agnieszka Radwanska to book her place in the Wimbledon final four where she will face unexpected semifinalist Jie Zheng of China, whose impressive run has continued as she overcame Nicole Vaidisova.

Sixth seed Serena Williams defeated Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska with a dominant 6-4 6-0 victory. Williams posted only six unforced errors in the match, and by the end of the fifty-one minute quarterfinal, she hit twenty-seven winners and only dropped two service points during the second set. Chinese wildcard Jie Zheng, who upset world No.1 Ana Ivanovic in the third round and beat seed No.15 Agnes Szavay in the next round, got past 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the quarterfinals. Read more »