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Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion Thursday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon Five-time winner Venus needed only 51 minutes to overwhelm Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 and reach her eighth Wimbledon final.
Venus is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win Wimbledon three years in a row and is trying for No. 6 overall. Serena beat Venus in the 2002 and 2003 finals at the All England Club
There have been seven all-Williams championship matches at majors, with Serena holding a 5-2 lead. Overall, the sisters are tied 10-10.
"Oh my God, this is my eighth final, and it's a dream come to true to be here again and have the opportunity to hold the plate up," Venus said. The sisters—with 17 Grand Slam titles between them—will face each other Saturday in a Fourth of July final.
"A fourth final—it's so exciting. It was so hard before my match to watch all that drama," Venus said, referring to Serena's semifinal. "It was so difficult. But the hardest part is next to come, to play Serena Williams."
My most perfect sports moment: breakfast at Wimbledon, all-Williams final on Fourth of July—priceless.
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