The second-seeded former world No. 1 Federer topped a 24th-seeded Haas 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-3, while a sixth-seeded former top-ranked Roddick upended third- seeded heavy British crowd favorite Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) on another sun-filled day at the All England Club.

Federer, who would supplant his great rival Rafael Nadal atop the men's rankings with a victory here on Sunday, beat Roddick in the 2004 and 2005 finals here.

Venus bested her fellow former world No. 1 sibling Serena 7-5, 6-4 in last year's final, as Venus nailed down a second straight and fifth overall Wimbledon title.

Saturday will mark the fourth all-Williams Wimbledon final, with Serena holding a 2-1 edge thus far.

The fourth-seeded sisters drilled a top-seeded tandem of Zimbabwe's Cara Black and American Liezel Huber 6-1, 6-2 in Friday's semifinal action at the All England Club. Black and Huber are the reigning U.S. Open champs.

Serena and Venus will face each other in Saturday's women's singles finale.

The second-seeded former world No. 1 Federer topped a 24th-seeded Haas 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-3 on another sun-filled day at the All England Club. Federer would supplant Rafael Nadal atop the men's rankings with a victory here on Sunday.

The Swiss Federer titled here from 2003-2007 and was last year's runner-up to his great rival Nadal in arguably the greatest tennis match of all-time.

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S.Williams/V.Williams (4) def. C.Black/L.Huber (1), 6-1, 6-2 S.Stosur/R.Stubbs (3) def. A.Medina Garrigues/V.Ruano Pascual (2), 6-7 (3-7), 6-

S.Stosur/R.Stubbs (3) vs. S.Williams/V.Williams (4)

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Roger Federer (2) leads Tommy Haas (24), 7-6 Andy Murray (3) vs. Andy Roddick (6)

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The former champion Bryans handled a ninth-seeded tandem of Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 at the All England Club. The South African Moodie and Belgian Norman were fresh off their surprise French Open title last month.

The Bryans, this year's Australian Open champs, titled here in 2006 and were the Wimbledon runners-up in 2005 and 2007.

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Roger Federer (2) vs. Tommy Haas (24), 8:00 AM ET Andy Murray (3) vs. Andy Roddick (6)

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In one of the best women's matches played here in some time, the two-time champion Serena snuck past Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 on Thursday, while the other semifinal was one of the most-lopsided played here in a while, as the five-time titlist Venus destroyed world No. 1 Russian Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 in a laughable 51 minutes.

Venus topped Serena 7-5, 6-4 in last year's final, as Venus nailed down a second straight and fifth overall Wimbledon title. Saturday will mark the fourth all-Williams Wimbledon final, with Serena holding a 2-1 edge thus far.

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B.Bryan/M.Bryan (1) def. W.Moodie/D.Norman (9), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 D.Nestor/N.Zimonjic (2) vs. J.Blake/M.Fish

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Dinara Safina (1) vs. Venus Williams (3) Serena Williams (2) leads Elena Dementieva (4), 3-2

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"I love the record I have of reaching so many semifinals in Grand Slams in a row, 21 is quite a number," Federer said. "It shows how consistent I've been." The second-seeded Federer got past 22nd-seeded 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), while a third-seeded Murray mauled unseeded former world No. 1 Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 and a sixth-seeded Roddick outlasted fellow former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 6-4 on another sunny day at the All England Club. The ever- improving Murray, who hails from Dunblane, Scotland, will now appear in his first-ever Wimbledon semifinal.

Friday's semifinals will pit Federer against 24th-seeded German Tommy Haas and

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Dinara Safina (1) vs. Venus Williams (3) Serena Williams (2) vs. Elena Dementieva (4), 8:00 am et

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Roger Federer (2) leads Ivo Karlovic (22), 4-1 Andy Murray (3) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero Novak Djokovic (4) vs. Tommy Haas (24), 1-1 Andy Roddick (6) vs. Lleyton Hewitt

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M.Bhupathi/M.Knowles (4) vs. W.Moodie/D.Norman (9) J.Blake/M.Fish leads S.Aspelin/P.Hanley, 3-1

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C.Black/L.Huber (1) vs. N.Llagostera Vives/M.Martinez Sanchez (11), 2-2 A.Medina Garrigues/V.Ruano Pascual (2) vs. A.Kleybanova/E.Makarova S.Stosur/R.Stubbs (3) vs. K.Barrois/T.Garbin S.Williams/V.Williams (4) leads A.Groenefeld/V.King (12), 3-1

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Thursday's semis at the All England Club, which will both pit an American against a Russian, will have Safina facing the third-seeded Venus and a second-seeded Serena taking on Dementieva. Serena and Venus are former world No. 1s, which means three of the four semifinalists have held the top ranking.

Venus has won the last two titles here, including a victory over her younger sister in last year's finale.

Williams, the third seed and a five-time winner on the famed grass courts of the London suburb, cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph in a mere 68 minutes. The seven-time Grand Slam champ has yet to drop a set in her five matches this fortnight.

There was not much drama for Williams, who won the first six points on the way to a 5-0 lead in the first set. Radwanska, the 11th seed, finally held serve in the sixth game, but Williams quickly put it away in the next game with an ace on set point.

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B.Bryan/M.Bryan (1) vs. B.Soares/K.Ullyett (5) D.Nestor/N.Zimonjic (2) leads L.Kubot/O.Marach (8), 6-2

S.Aspelin/P.Hanley def. M.Mirnyi/A.Ram (7), 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 W.Moodie/D.Norman (9) leads A.Pavel/H.Tecau, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0

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Roger Federer (2) vs. Ivo Karlovic (22) Andy Murray (3) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero Novak Djokovic (4) vs. Tommy Haas (24) Andy Roddick (6) vs. Lleyton Hewitt

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Sabine Lisicki leads Dinara Safina (1), 2-1 Serena Williams (2) vs. Victoria Azarenka (8) Venus Williams (3) leads Agnieszka Radwanska (11), 5-0 Elena Dementieva (4) vs. Francesca Schiavone

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For the second time this month, the former world No. 1 Federer defeated free- swinging Swede Robin Soderling, this time in 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) fashion at the storied All England Club.

Federer also topped Soderling, seeded 13th here, in straight sets in the French Open final 22 days ago, as the super Swiss became the sixth man in history to corral a career Grand Slam and equal Pete Sampras with a record-tying 14th major singles title.

The French Open and Australian Open runner-up Safina fought back to beat 2006 Wimbledon champ Amelie Mauresmo 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, as history was made Tuesday when the two women played the first-ever official match under the new retractable roof on the famed Centre Court here.

The 17th-seeded Mauresmo was leading Safina 6-4, 1-4 when played was delayed by rain for the first time at this 2009 fortnight.

6 Andy Roddick, 17th-ranked James Blake and the world's top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in its Davis Cup quarterfinal tie against Croatia next week.

The Americans and host Croatians will meet from July 10-12 on an indoor clay court at the Zatika Sports Hall in Porec.

For the second time this month, the former world No. 1 Federer defeated free- swinging Swede Robin Soderling, this time in 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) fashion at the storied All England Club. Federer also topped Soderling, seeded 13th here, in straight sets in the French Open final 22 days ago, as the super Swiss became the sixth man in history to corral a career Grand Slam and equal Pete Sampras with a record-tying 14th major singles title.

Federer won the first set against Soderling on Day 7 by breaking the Swede in the 10th game of the stanza. The two players then held serve throughout the second set, which the Swiss snuck out via tiebreak.