
LONDON: Serena and Venus Williams warmed up for their Wimbledon singles final by teaming up to reach the doubles title match as well on Friday.
They saw off France’s Nathalie Dechy and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-3, 6-3 and will be chasing their third Wimbledon doubles title to add to their 2002 and 2003 wins.
In Sunday’s final they will face America’s Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur of Australia, who shocked top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-3, 6-3. The Williams sisters have also won the Australian Open doubles title twice as well as one French Open.
Super Four
Points Table
Teams P W L Pts NRR
Sri Lanka 3 2 1 6 +1.363
India 3 2 1 6 +0.250
Pakistan 3 2 1 4 +0.924
Bangladesh 3 - 3 0 -2.665
India and Sri Lanka both carried forward 2 points from the group stage