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We're into the final reel of what could end up being Venus: The Grass Court Movie.
It's the feel-good story of how Venus Williams has reached the semi-finals of The Championships, with the 36-year into the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2010 US Open.
Real life is what Hollywood is based on. So let's do that
As USA Today observed, this is a tale that could interest Hollywood. "Does it sound like a movie? If so Venus - the elder [of the Williams sisters] and the one who has battled through Sjogren's syndrome, an energy-sapping illness - would emerge as the winner, wouldn't she?" Perhaps so. Venus sounds keen: "Real life is what Hollywood is based on. So let's do that."
The New York Times, meanwhile, quoted back what Williams said after her first round match: "I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity side of you that feels like you could go forever. This is how I feel on court. As long as I'm half decent, and get my racket on the ball, I think that I can make something happen." As the paper observed: "This year, in her 19th Wimbledon and 71st Grand Slam appearance, the seeming infinity of Williams' career has been in evidence."
But if 'Infinity' Venus is to keep soaring through this tournament, which could result in a first all-Williams Grand Slam final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she must first get past Germany's Angelique Kerber. On the pages of Der Tagesspiegel, you will read how Kerber, who scored her first Grand Slam title at this year's Australian Open, has responded from the setback of a first round defeat at Roland Garros: "It seems that Kerber is back and that she is confident again after Paris. There's a chance she could leave Wimbledon as both the champion and the world No.1."
Naturally, expectation is already building about the possibility of the Williams sisters contesting Saturday's final. Serena will play Elena Vesnina, an unseeded Russian, and, according to an item in The Times' Wimbledon diary, Ivan Lendl is having some influence on the women's tournament as well as on the men's. Could Lendl stop Serena from drawing level with Steffi Graf on a modern-era record of 22 majors?
"Is the Lendl effect real? It started off as a jovial Twitter hashtag, alluding to Lendl's paranormal powers after Andy Murray won Queen's shortly after the Czech returned to his box. But it seems to be spreading. Bruno Soares, Jamie Murray's doubles partner, tweeted: 'I feel like I'm playing better because Lendl is back with Andy.' Now Soares' mixed doubles partner, Vesnina, is into the singles semi-finals. 'There is definitely a Lendl effect,' she said."
For all the disappointment that Dominika Cibulkova felt after she lost to Vesnina in the last eight, at least she can now attend her own wedding. As Time.com noted, the Slovakian "will tie the knot with her fiancé of four years, Miso Navara, on Saturday in her home town of Bratislava, which happens to be the same day as the Wimbledon singles final. Cibulkova was considering cancelling her wedding if she progressed to the final".
