Twice winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon final for the fourth time and third against Sister Venus on Thursday with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie on Centre Court.Serena, who had won their only previous meeting in the first round in 2004, won the first set in 28 minutes after a first break of serve in the opening game and a 37-minute rain delay with the score 5-2.
Zheng, 24, made a spectacular advance in the second set which reached 5-5, after a swap of breaks in mid-set and the Chinese leading 40-30 on her serve when there was a second rain delay lasting 82 minutes.
The set went into a tiebreak after Serena saved a break point in the 12th game. Serena set up match point then took it when Zheng double faulted.
Venus Williams, champion four times, reached her seventh final with a 6-1, 7-6 wins over Russian Elena Dementieva in the first semi-final.
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