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Fourth seed Venus Williams struggles in the opening game of the match and is immediately broken

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Williams has the trainer on court early in the set to attend to a stomach injury that visibly restricts her movement

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Belgian Kim Clijsters takes full advantage and wins the first set 6-4 with Venus struggling to get around the court

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The rain begins to pour down again in SW19 and the players are forced off court before the second set can begin

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The rain break enables Venus to rest her injury and the twice-champion comes out re-energised

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Clijsters is pulled all around the court by Venus and can do nothing to prevent her winning the second set 6-3

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Last year's men's champion Lleyton Hewitt is in the crowd as ever to spur on his girlfriend Clijsters in the deciding set

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But Venus has her own supporters in father Richard and sister, and would-be final opponent, Serena

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Venus' good form continues as she breaks Clijsters early on in the third set

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Despite her best efforts Clijsters cannot raise her game against a rampant Venus

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Venus completes her win by taking the final 6-1 to set up an all-Williams women's final for the second year in a row