Serena and Venus favourites to make final
Serena and Venus favourites to make final
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Thursday, 02, Jul 2009 11:04
Venus and Serena Williams are both heavily backed to emerge victorious in their semi-final encounters at Wimbledon today.
Serena, seeded second for the tournament, is up first against fourth seed Elena Dementieva on Centre Court, before Venus takes on world number one Dinara Safina.
Both sisters have looked in imperious form and have hardly been tested in this year's competition, with Venus yet to even drop a set.
Speaking with the BBC though, the five-time Wimbledon champion dismissed suggestions life was all too easy for the Williams sisters.
"I feel that Serena and I work real hard. That's the first point. And, second, if it was so easy, we'd win everything. But it's not that easy," she said.
"We still, I think, are definitely the front-runners in tennis as far as being some of the best players out there. But if there were just two players, it would just be a final.
"There's got to be 128. So that's the way it's got to be. I look forward to the challenge of whoever's across the net."
Serena and Dementieva are due to start their semi-final at 13:00 BST this afternoon.