Women's route to the singles final

(Reuters) - Women's route to the singles final at the Wimbledon Championships (prefix number denotes seeding):

7-Venus Williams (U.S)

R1: Beat Naomi Cavaday (Britain) 7-6(5) 6-1

R2: Beat Anne Keothavong (Britain) 7-5 6-2

R3: Beat Maria Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 6-1 7-5

R4: Beat Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) 6-3 6-4

QF: Beat Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) 6-4 6-3

SF: Beat 5-Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6-1 7-6(3)

6-Serena Williams (U.S)