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Williams sisters continue Wimbledon domination

LONDON
Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:36pm EDT

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LONDON (Reuters) - Venus and Serena Williams, who will face each other in Saturday's Wimbledon singles final, continued their domination of the championships on Friday by reaching the women's doubles final.

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The American sisters, seeded 11th, beat Nathalie Dechy of France and Australia's Casey Dellacqua 6-3 6-3. They have yet to drop a set in singles or doubles so far in the tournament.

In Saturday's final they will face Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, who beat top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-3 6-3.

Father Richard will not be in London to watch his daughters on Saturday when Venus will be trying to reverse two Wimbledon final defeats by Serena and land a fifth singles title. The sisters have also won two doubles titles together here.

"He said he did his job and his job was done, so I guess he's feeling good. No matter what happens he's for sure going to be a winner," Serena told reporters.

"I assume he'll be in Florida, because I knew he flew back to Florida. I don't know if he'll watch it, but I know he'll be there."

(Editing by Pritha Sarkar)



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