Serena Williams, the second seed, booked a third Grand Slam final showdown with older sister Venus today by dispatching French ninth seed Amelie Mauresmo at Wimbledon.
The American won through 6-2, 6-1 in 55 minutes to keep her unbeaten record against Mauresmo with five straight wins.
As a result of the semi-final win Serena also ensures that she will replace Venus as world number one in next week's WTA rankings.
But the fame has also brought its problems for the 20-year-old with an obsessed German fan, who has stalked Serena throughout this year, fined earlier Thursday by a Wimbledon court for breach of the peace and subjected to a 13-month good behaviour order.
Serena is now just one match away from upsetting Venus's bid for a hat-trick here after the elder Williams earlier eased past Belgian sixth seed Justine Henin 6-3, 6-2 in 77 minutes.
After the French Open, where Serena beat Venus in the final, they became the first sisters ranked 1-2.
Venus won their previous Grand Slam meeting at the US Open where she successfully defended her title, but is not ready to hand over her Wimbledon crown.
"I didn't win the French Open, but I'm going to do my best at Wimbledon. That's all I can do," said Venus.
"She's a great competitor," said Venus of Serena. "Big serve, lots of power, lots of movement. She has an all-round game. A game pretty similar to mine."
Serena was all over Mauresmo getting the break in the fifth game to lead 3-2, winning four games in a row to take the first set in 23 minutes.
She broke in the second set to go 2-0, with the Frenchwoman winning just one game. The American fired down seven aces with Mauresmo just managing one, hitting 15 winners compared to her opponents six.
AFP