Williams sisters in Wimbledon q/final

01.07.2008

Sisters Venus and Serena Williams both moved ominously into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after easing through their fourth-round matches on Court Two.

Venus was never close to her best form against Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova but always looked firmly in control.

The defending champion let a 5-1 second-set lead slip away but sealed a 6-3, 6-4 win on her fifth match-point.

Serena was simply too powerful for her fellow American Bethanie Mattek and swept to a convincing 6-3, 6-3 win.

With second seed Jelena Jankovic, who was scheduled to meet Venus in the quarter-finals, losing to Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn, the women’s draw continues to open up.

And that is good news for the Williams sisters, who could meet in a final for the first time since 2003.

Between them, they have won six of the last eight Wimbledon women’s titles, with Serena’s successes both coming against her sister in the finals of 2002 and 2003.