Venus to meet Murguruza in Wimbledon ladies final

American Venus Williams will meet Garbine Murguruza of Spain in Saturday's ladies final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Williams defeated Briton Johanna Konta in straight sets, while 2015 runner-up Murguruza dispatched Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova.

First up on ladies semi-final day at Wimbledon was Spain's Muguruza up against Slovakia's Rybarikova.

Murguruza the 2015 runner-up was the overwhelming favourite coming into this encounter against the world number 87, and the Spaniard did not disappoint.

With a double break of her opponent's serve, she raced to a five-love lead in the opening set, before Rybaikova managed to open her account.

The Slovak who's made a fairy-tale return to tennis after a seven-month lay-off from the tour due to injury moving up from world number 453 into the top 100 saved a bagel but conceded the first set in just 30 minutes.

It was more one way traffic in the second set as the 2016 French Open champion continued to dictate proceedings.

Again she coasted to a four-love lead before her opponent got onto the scoreboard.

But the 14th seed made no mistake and sealed a comfortable 6-1 6-1 victory in just over an hour for a berth in Saturday's final where she will take on American veteran Williams.

Fans on center-court got more for their money by way of a contest in the second match between Konta and Williams, but certainly not by the result.

The pair matched each other toe to toe in the opening set, but it was the five times champion, making her 20th appearance at Wimbledon, that held the edge.

The 10th seed broke the Konta serve in the final game to claim the opener. And she maintained that momentum early in the second set; with another comfortable break to take a 4-1 lead.

The rest as they say was a mere formality, as Williams triumphed 6-4 and 6-2 to reach her ninth final at the All England Club, the first since 2009.