Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie provided an absorbing sub-plot to Williams sister domination on quarter-final day at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Zheng beat Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to become the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles semi-final and the first woman to go so far at Wimbledon after requiring a special invitation from the All England [Images] Club. During an unpredictable tournament riddled with shocks the one constant has been the ruthless efficiency of Venus and Serena Williams [Images] and now they look odds on to contest their third Wimbledon final here on Saturday. Venus, champion here four times and twice runner-up to her younger sister, was engaged longer than expected in beating Thai surprise Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3 before Serena made mincemeat of Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-0....
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