LONDON. July 6: Fifth seed Venus Williams ousted younger sister Serena 6-2. 7-6 here Thursday to reach
the Wimbledon women's singles final, reports AFP.
Venus beat her eighth-seeded sibling In Ihr 27min and in Saturday's final will face de -fending champion and fellow -American Lindsay Davenport, who beat Australian teenager Jelena Doklc 6-4. 6-2 in the other semifinal. Top seed Davenport won in Just 51 mln
Venus won a tension-filled, heavy-hitting encounter as she hung tough when it mattered, although neither sister played their best tennis.
The end when it came was an anti-climax as Serena served tp a sixth double fault.
Afterwards, Venus said the Joy of making her first final here was tempered by whom she had had to beat.
"It's not really so much fun. A final would have been different.
"It could have gone either way. In the end 1 was able to hang tough." the 20-ycar-old Venus told BBC television
Venu< revealed with a grin that as the older sibling she normally got tier way when
they were younger.
"I was always able to get things first — got my car first."
She added that If Serena complained, their parents stepped In to ensure "the younger one gets the ice cream."
Venus preferred to take the match and leave the candy to the loser.
Serena was in tears at the end as the pair walked off with Venus striding purposefully ahead having vanquished her sister for the fourth time In five meetings.
However, Serena put one over big sis' by landing the US Open crown last year while Venus has yet to lift a Grand Slam singles title.
"The only reason I was able to play so well was because she played so well." added Venus, who put her arm around Serena as they briefly embraced at the net.
"We get on so well. For me It's more like I have the big sister role. I've always taken care ol Serena. That's the way It's always been."
Thursday's match was the first time sisters had met on Centre Court here since 1884 and it was the first time In the Open Era that sisters had faced each other in the main draw at the All England Club.