WIMBLEDON, England --
Venus and
Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final.
Five-time champion Venus overpowered
Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, and two-time winner Serena followed her into the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over
Victoria Azarenka.
No. 3-seeded Venus will next face top-ranked
Dinara Safina, who overcame 15 double-faults and beat German teen
Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1 to reach the Wimbledon semis for the first time.
In the bottom half of the draw, No. 4
Elena Dementieva defeated Italy's
Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-2 to set up a semifinal encounter with No. 2 Serena.
It's the first time since 2006 that all four top-seeded women reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament.