Wimbledon 2008

The unfinished men's quarter-final between Rainer Schuettler (pictured) and Arnaud Clement resumes on Court One

Clement is the defending men's doubles champion with Michael Llodra, but the Frenchman hopes to make an impact in the singles too

Centre Court sees defending champion Venus Williams win the first set against Elena Dementieva in the first women's semi-final

Dementieva's serve comes under severe scrutiny as Williams exploits her lack of power to devastating effect

Dementieva dispatches her fair share of powerful groundstrokes, but the Russian has no answer to Venus's all-round game

Despite a second set revival from Dementieva, Venus wins her 57th Wimbledon match in 101 minutes to take her place in Saturday's final

Over on Court One, the tension builds as Clement and Schuettler battle it out for the last men's semi-final place

Moments after Venus's win, sister Serena strolls on to Centre Court to take on China's unheralded Zheng Jie for a place in Saturday's final

Zheng - ranked 133rd in the world - loses her opening service game against the two-time champion 2-5 before a rain interruption

The heavens open and the umbrellas are unfurled as rain stops play at 1548 BST

But the interruption is brief and the players are back out as Rainer Schuettler is taken to a fifth set by Arnaud Clement

But rather nasty looking clouds gather above and a heavy downpour forces play to be halted for the second time in the afternoon

The covers are on in a flash - and stay on for over an hour as the rain hammers down on south-west London

Play resumes at 1816 BST and the Centre Court is treated to an enthralling second set as Zheng takes Serena to a tie-break

But a Zheng double fault sets up the third all-Williams women's final, much to two-time champion Serena's delight

After five hours and 15 minutes, Rainer Schuettler beats Arnaud Clement to book his semi-final spot against Rafael Nadal

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