Oh bother, they’ve done it again. We should really just start calling this tournament the “Williams’ Wimbledon”. Both Serena and Venus Williams handled their semifinal opponents in straight sets to book their third meeting in the Wimbledon final. The last time the duo was in a Wimbly final was in 2003. Serena won that title in defense of the trophy she picked up a year earlier, also at her sister’s expense.

This is five years later, however, and both of the Williams’ are playing at about the same level.

Venus ousted fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6(7-3), and Serena dispatched surprise semifinalist Jie Zheng 6-2, 7-6(7-5). Anyone else notice the almost identical scores from the two matches? And neither sister has dropped a set en route to this final.

Both players have big serves. While I think Venus falls slightly behind Serena in the power category, she more than makes up for it with her height-induced range. Serena does hold an 8-7 career advantage but that statistic should be voided considering how long it has been since they’ve faced each other competitively. At the same time, just because it’s been years since they’ve been on the big stage together, it doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten a thing about the other’s game.

How disconcerting would that be? Knowing when you step on the court, the person who knows the most about your game outside of yourself is on the other side of the net. There are no tricks, secret shots or special formulas to whip out at a critical moment because they don’t exist in a match where the opponent already knows everything.

But - even though I’ve spent the last two paragraphs hyping up this match - I don’t think it will be amazing. I hope I’m wrong. I’m begging the tennis gods that I’m wrong, because there’s nothing better than a knock-down fight at a Grand Slam final. These are the Williams sisters though. Maybe it’s like having a double negative: too much firepower on one court really does cancel the other one out and leaves the crowd with a dud of a match.

Venus Williams is another step closer to defending her 2007 Wimbledon title. In one of the most crazy, convuluted Wimbledons in recent memory, Williams became the first woman into the semifinals after dispatching Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3. ‘

Elena Dementieva, the highest remaining seed at number five, managed to come through a tough quarterfinal match to set up a meeting with Venus in the semis. Dementieva blew Nadia Petrova away with a 6-1 first set, but Petrova bounced back and won a tiebreak second set. The swing set went to Dementieva with two breaks at 6-3.

On the other half of the draw, Jie Zheng is already up a set on Nicole Vaidisova, winning it 6-2. You know, the further Zheng moves in the tournament, the better it makes Ana Ivanovic’s loss to her look. Don’t get me wrong. It doesn’t justify it or make it ok. It’s just that when you start out with something so horrible as the beating Ivanovic took from a relative no-name, it doesn’t take a whole lot to make it look a little better.

Agnieszka Radwanska or Serena Williams in the bottom quarter?

What the heck is going on across the Big Pond? I called my tennis buddy during work to get a much-needed update and when he told me Ana Ivanovic lost to a 133rd-ranked player, I nearly fell off the sidewalk.

Ivanovic? The number one player in the world? Well - very likely to be the ex-number one player in the world in the space of a few days. What the crap, man!

And not only did Ivanovic lose in the third round of Wimbledon mere weeks after rocking the French Open and shooting up to the top slot, she was rolled. Jie Zheng of China dominated the first set 6-1 and went up a break to win the second at 6-4.

Jie who? Yeup. And that’s why, every once in awhile, those wild card entries are the most entertaining of all.

Other semi-big names chalking up early-round losses: Amelie Mauresmo at the hands of Serena Williams and last year’s finalist Marion Bartoli couldn’t cut the mustard.

At this rate, the outlook for Serena or Venus to win Wimbledon again is increasing exponentially. Or Jelena Jankovic. I’m not sure how far Jankovic needs to advance in the tourney to take over the top spot in the world but it can’t be too much.

What a jumbled mess…awesome!!!