How Does She Do It?

Dinara Safina's overcomes her frustration to advance to her first Wimbledon semifinal

Once again, Dinara Safina overcame adversity and a talented opponent to advance to the next round of Wimbledon. She has a proclivity for winning when playing ugly. And isn't that what champions do best?

But this is not the first time we have seen Safina advance through a draw in poor form. At the Aussie Open she battled and clawed through the early rounds, finally finding her form in the semifinals against Vera Zvonarea.

This year at Wimbledon, however, she will have to deal with someone a lot more experienced and talented than Vera Zvonareva. Her name is Venus Williams. Can Safina overcome her 15 double faults and 38 unforced errors to defeat Williams who has breezed through all of her matches so far?

It's been a good run for Safina, first time past the 3rd round, showed some great fight, and will retain her world number 1 ranking. But to be frank, she doesn't stand a chance unless her level jumps up exponentially and Venus completely falls apart.

Ladie's Quarterfinals Results:

(1) D. Safina def. S. Lisicki 6-7 6-4 6-1
(3) V. Williams def. (11) A. Radwanska 6-1 6-2

(4) E. Dementieva def. F. Schiavone 6-2 6-2
(2) S. Williams def. (8) V. Azarenka 6-2 6-3