It was two Americans - Serena and Venus Williams - v two Russians - Safina and Dementieva - in the ladies’ semis yesterday.
Safina looked pretty ordinary and clueless on grass against Venus Williams. Venus just blew her away 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinal
Her sister Serena had a much tougher game against Dementieva (who could have won the second set and match if she had not slightly mistimed her passing shot) 6-7, 7-5, 8-6
I read somewhere that Safina has yet to win a grand slam title!! She is world no. 1 by virtue of reaching the finals of US, Australian and French Opens in the last year. This makes a mockery of the ranking system.
It’s 2-1 to Serena in Wimbledon finals between the two sisters. On current form I expect Venus (who has not dropped a single set in this tournament) to make it 2-2 on Saturday.
Overall Venus has won 5 Wimbledon titles (this will be her 8th final, infact she is on a hattrick having won in 2007 and 2008) and Serena 2 (this will be her 5th final). The two sisters have dominated Wimbledon ladies’ singles over the past decade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_Ladies%27_Singles_champions
And I think it w’d be a Federer-Roddick Final on Sunday. If Federer wins, it will be his 6th Wimbledon and a record 15th grand slam title overall. He is currently joint first with Sampras who also won 14 grand slams in his career
Federer and everyone has benefited from the absence of last year’s winner Rafael Nadal (injured) though!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_Gentlemen%27s_Singles_champions