The Williams name will once again be engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008 after Venus and Serena Williams surged into the final on Thursday.
Champion Roger Federer banished menacing storm clouds on Wednesday to set up a tantalising Wimbledon semifinal date with Marat Safin.
Ninth seed Dinara Safina missed setting up a rematch with fellow Russian Elena Dementieva when she was harried out of Wimbledon in the third round.
Maria Sharapova was floored at Wimbledon on Thursday by Alla Kudryavtseva, the daughter of a Greco-Roman wrestler.
Roger Federer returned to his favourite stamping ground at Wimbledon on Monday and banished painful memories to reach the second round.
For once, Dinara Safina chose not to use up one of her ”many lives” on Thursday and swept into a French Open final against the new queen of women’s tennis.
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top-10 seeds, 2002 champion Serena joined them at the exit squeue as he roared and screamed her way to a 6-4 6-4 mauling by Katarina Srebotnik.
Gustavo Kuerten briefly rekindled his Parisian love affair on Sunday before bidding a tearful farewell to the French Open. The Brazilian has enjoyed a special relationship with Roland Garros since he celebrated his third and final triumph in 2001 by drawing a giant love-heart in the red clay with his racket.
Roger Federer stormed into his fifth successive Wimbledon final with a 7-5 6-3 6-4 humbling of France’s Richard Gasquet on Saturday. The four-times defending champion overwhelmed his 21-year-old opponent in a display of sheer brilliance before a mesmerised Centre Court crowd.
In all likelihood, the second Sunday in July cannot come soon enough for Roger Federer. For pundits agree there is a good chance he will be holding aloft the Wimbledon trophy for a fifth successive time on July 8. It would be a feat to equal Bjorn Borg’s record, and would prompt fans and aficionados alike to once again debate the Swiss maestro’s place among the tennis greats.