Women''s route to the singles final

(Reuters) - Women''s route to the singles final at the Wimbledon championships (prefix denotes seeding).

2-Serena Williams (U.S.)

R1: Beat Neuza Silva (Portugal) 6-1 7-5

R2: Beat Jarmila Groth (Australia) 6-2 6-1

R3: Beat Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-3 6-4

R4: Beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-1

QF: Beat 8-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-2 6-3

SF: Beat 4-Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6-7(4) 7-5 8-6

3-Venus Williams (U.S.)

R1: Beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-3 6-2

R2: Beat Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3 6-2

R3: Beat Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 6-0 6-4

R4: Beat 13-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 6-1 0-1 Ivanovic retired

QF: Beat 11-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-1 6-2

SF: Beat 1-Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-1 6-0

(Editing by Neil Maidment)