Venus Williams and Garbiñe Muguruza settled the respective semi-final duels against Johanna Konta and Magdalena Rybarikova in a straight sets and Saturday will define the title at Wimbledon 2017.
Venus beat Konta 6-4 6-2 to cut the local hope of having a British champion in The Cathedral after 40 years.
The former No. 1 was against the ropes in the first set, taking 4-4 15-40. But from there he gained seven points in order to channel the first sleeve and had cruising speed in the second.
Thus, the Williams major qualified for his 16th Grand Slam final, looking for his eighth Major title (and first since 2008). With a particularity: five of them got them precisely at Wimbledon.
His rival in the definition will be Muguruza, who disarmed the surprising Rybarikova by a resounding 6-1 and 6-1, in just one hour of action.
Muguruza had a very high level and got into the third Grand Slam final of his career. Always with a Williams on the other side: at Wimbledon 2015, she fell with Serena in straight sets. A year later, he had revenge and triumphant baptism at Roland Garros. Now, it will look for new revenge in London before Venus.