Wimbledon Semi Finals: Two Sisters Will Be On Wimbledon Semi Finals
July 2nd, 2009 LimauAis Celebrities, Sports, Women
As we are nearing the finals of Wimbledon 2009, it looks as though Venus and Serena Williams are the red-hot favourites to progress to Saturday’s Centre Court match.
Both sisters are going in to today’s Wimbledon semi finals of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Open tournament.
Serena Williams is to face Elena Dementieva in Wimbledon semi finals second seed this afternoon’s match. And Venus Williams is against world number one Dinara Safina in Wimbledon semi finals . So could we possibly see an all Williams in final 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Open?
One glance at the background statistics is enough to clarify the reason why. Williams, now 29, has seven Slam titles to her name, including five on the lawns of the All England Club. She has appeared in seven previous Wimbledon semi-finals and won all of them. Not only has she not dropped a set so far this Wimbledon, she has not dropped a set here since the third round in 2007, putting her currently on 32 consecutive sets won.
She is, of course on this surface, serving faster than Safina and winning more of her first serve points. She has served more aces and far fewer double faults.
All that makes tough reading for 23-year-old Safina, who is struggling with the unwanted fact of being world number one at a time when she has yet to win a Grand Slam title – although this year she has been runner-up in both Slams to date.
The good news for the Russian is that she cannot be dethroned from that number one spot when the new rankings come out next Monday, no matter what happens between now and then. But by making the semi-final here she is carving out new territory, having never even ventured into the second week before. Both her last two rounds were tough three-setters, and to those who have watched her play it has seemed as if she is desperately trying to talk herself into a convincing mindset with every stroke of the ball.
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