Day eight arrives as unrelenting sunshine beats down on the early attendees who flock towards the Wimbledon courts of SW19 Wimbledon legend Martina Navratilova prepares for her ladies' invitation doubles match with Czech team-mate Helena Sukova An umbrella - more usually associated with rain at SW19 - shields Venus Williams from the sun as she takes on Tamarine Tanasugarn Fifth seed Elena Dementieva looks set for an easy win over Nadia Petrova but then collapses in the second set Petrova pulls out all the stops against compatriot Dementieva as they battle on into a tense third set "Game, set and match" for defending champion Williams as she efficiently swats aside Thailand's Tanasugarn 6-4 6-3 SW19 is abuzz as workers and spectators soak up the glorious mid-afternoon sunshine in south-west London Ecstasy for Elena Dementieva as she drops to her knees on the Centre Court grass after beating Petrova 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 Joyous Serena Williams joins sister Venus in the semi-finals as she races to victory over Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-0 And it is Jie Zheng that Serena Williams will meet, after she beats Nicole Vaidisova to become China's first ever Grand Slam semi-finalist The sun continues to beat down on SW19 as a frazzled spectator seeks shelter under a Wimbledon programme magazine Shorn of his voluminous curly mullet, Jamie Murray and mixed doubles partner Liezel Huber beat Julian Knowle and Yung-Jan Chan 6-4 6-3 World number two Rafael Nadal has an early evening knock as he prepares for Wednesday's quarter-final with Andy Murray The action continues on the outside courts as spectators peer through a fence on the periphery of the All England Club at Wimbledon
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