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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