SERENA ECLIPSES VENUS......! In a match that saw the shotmaking brilliance from not one but both the players, Serena outmuscled sister Venus to win the 2009 Wimbledon Ladies Singles title. Serena started the match on a good note, winning a tough tie-break for a one set lead, and took full advantage of an off-day of Venus' serve. With a crucial break in the sixth game, Serena fought off some resistance and pulled the thriller on her fourth championship point. This is Serena's third Wimbledon Singles title and 11th Grand Slam overall.

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With a 5-2 lead in the second set, victory now seems quite certain for the two time champion Serena Williams. Venus, on the other hand, has hit only two aces to Serena's 12 in the match. With such a let down on her serve, two time defending champion must prepare herself for a gracious runner-up speech..

Venus' continues to struggle with her serve and after an expensive error off her over ambitious backhand, hits a double fault to almost hand the title to Serena. Can Venus bounce back into the match from here?

Serena ensures there are no loopholes left in her game to continue staying ahead in the match and the second set.

Venus opened her campaign for a sixth title here with a crushing victory over Stefanie Voegele to remind everyone including her loyal fans that she may not guarantee a good title runs for rest of the year but the thirteen days at the All England Lawn tennis Club are going to be performance par excellence.

Venus somehow finds her form back with some power, or should we say, accurate hitting to pull an impressive service game. Venus will have to extract a break off the younger sister if she wants her title dreams alive.

With what was considered as a drawback in Serena's game in the beginning of the match has turned out to be her biggest weapon as she takes a confidence boosting service game to clear her intentions about his final.

Wimbledon champion's loss to world number one Dinara Safina was considered an aberration by many as even after a strong hold of the match, Venus lost the nail-biting thriller in the third set in Rome. But in her semifinals, she totally humbled the world number one

Venus regroups herself in the second set to pick up an overall good service game. Can Venus win the second set to push a decider? Is a dream for sixth Wimbledon crown still alive?

Serena consolidates her one set lead with a quick service game to start the second set in flying colours

Serena made a strong start to her Wimbledon quest with an impressive win over Nueza Silva in the first round.

With a slump is Venus' serve, Serena builds the formidable lead and continues to try all shots and angles to snatch the opening set away from the five time champion. As the set did not see any breaks it was decided in a tie-break where the elder sibling totally dominated and built a major lead in this stunning final.

Serena blasts back-to-back aces and holds serve to push the first set into a tie-break. With Serena's serve the more consistent of the two, Serena has an edge in the tie-break.

Serena puts up the first major test before Venus with scintillating shotmaking off both flanks. Venus makes some unforced errors under pressure but comes up with some good serves to survive a scare.

Serena registered a crushing straight sets win over one of the tour's hottest players, Victoria Azarenka, thereby avenging the loss handed to her by the Belarusian in the Miami final.

Venus makes Serena run at all corners with her angled forehands to win an impressive service game. The elder Williams will do anything to grab this service break. It's upto Serena now, as another opportunity given to the five time champion will prove fatal to her.

Serena serves brilliantly to save two break points and blasts back-to-back aces to close the see-saw service game. A real opportunity missed by Venus

Although Serena is dictating the points on Venus' second serve, it's the Venus backhand that is doing all the damage. Venus shows some serving brilliance to pocket another confident game.

Although, Serena's loss in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open came out of the fact that the American was barely able to run on court throughout her final, due to an injury, the slow recovery almost destroyed her European claycourt season.

Serena pounces at another love service game. Serena, the more emotional of the two sisters, came all guns blazing in her semifinal encounter against Elena Dementieva.

Venus continues to test Serena by making her play as many forehands as possible. Although this has never been Venus' style, she makes it a point that she wins the match at the expense of her own winners, not the flurry of errors from her opponent.

Venus' most satisfying performance so far this year has been her semifinal triumph over sister and 10 time Grand slam champion Serena Williams, where she actually came to terms with the form that once saw her dominate the circuit.

Throughout the Championship, Serena's forehand has challenged her and with such a let down on that flank, Venus seems to be making the best use of it. Serena holds another service game.

Venus brings some blistering backhands to wrap a quick service game. Throughout the championship, Venus' backhand has been the most destructive part of her armour.

Serena started the year in style, winning the Australian Open as the 10th Grand Slam title of her career. However, ever since she has been struggling with her form.

Serena makes a comparatively stronger start with some power serving.

Venus makes a confident start to the match with some good first serves, but faces some resistance on the second serves from Serena.

Venus started the year on a bad note with a loss in the second round of the Australian Open, where she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suarez Navarro.

The Championships, Wimbledon 2009, Ladies Singles Final

Venus Williams vs. Serena Williams
Head-to-Head
Series tied at 10-10
Last Meeting - 2009 Sony Ericsson Open Semifinal
Serena Williams won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

So here we are with another All-Williams final at the All England Lawn Tennis Club which is ready to host an exciting ladies final today featuring two of the most dominant players of their times, Venus and Serena Williams.

Five time champion Venus Williams holds an extraordinary 35 set win streak going into the final, whereas two time champion Serena Williams boasts of an emphatic win in the sister's last encounter in Miami. The facts could go on and on but nothing can possibly help in determining who has an edge over whom while going into the final on Saturday.

But still if the statistics are to be analysed, then here is what needs to be taken into consideration. Both sisters have played each other four time at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, with Venus winning the semifinal encounter in 2000 and final triumph in 2008 and Serena picking up victories in 2002 and 2003 finals. Further, they have met each other twice this year, with both splitting the wins in Dubai and Miami respectively.

The only factor that may give Serena a slight edge is her overall lead against the elder sister in the slam finals. Both have contested seven major finals with Serena leading the tally 5-2. But then again, it's Venus who won the duo's last slam encounter at the same stage a year ago.

The truth is that the deeper we go into these statistics, the difficult it becomes to predict a winner.Even though the sisters have played so many major finals, the best out of them was showcased at Melbourne Park in 2003, where Serena completed her Serena-Slam by beating Venus in three closely contested sets. Only time will tell how many Grand Slams both will end up with, but for now, the last thing everyone is expecting is another lopsided All-Williams final and with such ambitious approach, both sisters will enter the centre court at the SW 19 to romance the silverware with their own name on it.