Warm sun greets Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli as they arrive on Centre Court ahead of the women's final

Williams races out of the blocks in the familiar surroundings and takes a 3-0 lead in the opener after breaking Bartoli

After getting rid of the early nerves Bartoli breaks back to level the match in her first ever Grand Slam final

After almost two seeks of shocking weather the sun decides to arrive in SW19 forcing Williams to seek shade

Williams takes control of the final as she breaks Bartoli again in the 10th game of the first set to take it 6-4

Bartoli still has time to enjoy a Mexican wave during an injury break despite trailing 3-0 to the American

Bartoli is broken again despite pushing Williams all the way with some entertaining strokes

Williams soon clinches her fourth Wimbledon singles title with a confident service game to win 6-4 6-1

Venus becomes the fourth four-time winner in the open era, joining Billie-Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf

Roger Federer gets the men's semi-finals underway and is soon tested by Richard Gasquet on Centre Court

Gasquet pushes Federer all the way in the opening set but is then broken by the Swiss star to lose it 7-5

Wimbledon legend Bjorn Borg watches from the royal box as Federer wins the second set to take a 7-5 6-3 lead

Federer's quest to equal Borg's five straight Wimbledon crowns continues as he cruises to a 7-5 6-3 6-4 victory

Meanwhile in Court One's semi Novak Djokovic breaks Rafael Nadal's opening service game to gain the early advantage

The early break of serve proves costly to Nadal as he loses the opening set 6-3 to the Serbian

Nadal steps up a gear and takes the second set 6-1 as Djokovic starts to suffer pain in his left foot and back

Nadal makes the final as injuries prove too much for Djokovic who concedes the match with the score 3-6 6-1 4-1

Briton Jamie Murray and Jelena Jankovic reach the mixed doubles final by beating Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva