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 …read more

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 …read more

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 …read more