2016 Wimbledon Women's Singles - Venus Williams beat Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6,6-2 and enter the SF's Tuesday July 05,2016

Venus Williams made the semi-finals for the first time since 2009 earlier Tuesday by beating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.

Venus Williams’s QF win made her the third oldest woman ever to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and the oldest Grand Slam semi-finalist for 22 years. 

Billie Jean King was 39 in 1983 when she managed it, and Martina Navratilova was 37 in 1994.

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Serena Williams beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-4  and enter the SF's Tuesday July 05,2016

It is the 11th time that the sisters have advanced to the semi-final of the same Grand Slam event.

Their continued dominance at SW19 comes despite their relatively advancing years – Venus is now 36 and Serena 34 – compared with plenty of younger opponents.

The Williams sisters are the two oldest women in the top 16 Wimbledon seeds, among whom the average age is 27. 

Six-time champion Serena, the No 1 seed, and five-time winner Venus, the No 8 seed, have played against each four times in the final at SW19 – Serena won three clashes, in 2002, 2003 and 2009, and Venus won in 2008.