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Venus Williams, one-half of the best tennis family on the planet, has advanced to the finals to defend her Wimbledon title. Venus Williams beat Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (3) and has set up a potential championship showdown with her sister, Serena Williams.

Venus Williams, with 4 Wimbledon titles under her belt said, “I am dying for S. Williams to get through.”

We awaited two-time champion Serena, who was next up on Centre Court to face 133rd-ranked Chinese wild-card entrant Zheng Jie. Their match was suspended by rain with Serena leading 5-2.

Venus still hasn’t dropped a set in five matches and will be going for her seventh Grand Slam title. “This is my seventh final here and I’m looking forward to playing Serena in our third final, and I’m going to be rooting her on.

“At this point, our main focus is obviously both of us getting to the final,” she said. “Then from there it’s every Williams for themself.” (That’s the spirit Venus!)

Being her first Wimbledon final, Dementieva looked fragile and was completely overmatched in the first set by Williams’ semi-final experience, not to mention her power and quickness. It almost looked competitive but after Dementieva knocked a forehand into the net to end the 1 hour, 42 minute match, the game was over.

Venus apparently now is the biggest server in women’s tennis, averaging 118 mph on first serves and had a fastest serve of 125 mph. Dementieva, known as one of the weakest servers in the game, averaged only 102 mph on first serves.

Dementieva was highly animated throughout the match, shrieking at the top of her voice and spinning around in frustration after errors.

A Williams Wimbledon Final? Let’s wait and see.

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