WRAPUP 1-Tennis-Wimbledon-Venus and Serena set up final date
                   
reuters.com     03-Jul-2008            

By Pritha Sarkar LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008. The sporting world's most intriguing sibling rivalry will be revived this weekend after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the All England Club final on Thursday. Champion Venus was the first to book her final date by bullying Elena Dementieva into a 6-1 7-6 submission while Serena survived two rain disruptions and some plucky play from new Wimbledon darling Zheng Jie before she carved out a 6-2 7-6 win. Russian Dementieva and China's Zheng valiantly tried to gatecrash the Williams party on Centre Court but in the end wilted under a barrage of fierce thunderbolts. Fifth seed Dementieva started as underdog despite being the highest ranked survivor in the women's draw. It did not take long to see why.... [read full story]                    


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