Venus and Serena Williams insist there will be no sister act when they meet in Saturday's women's final at Wimbledon.

The siblings have both shrugged off questions about their motivation when facing each other in major finals.

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Two-time Wimbledon winner Serena added: "It's easy - I want everything that Venus has. This is the Wimbledon final. Who doesn't want (to win) it?"

The sisters will be playing their third final on Centre Court from 1400 BST, although rain forecast for the weekend may disrupt that schedule.

Serena won the previous two meetings in 2002 and 2003, but Venus, 28, has four Wimbledon singles titles overall.

However, Serena, 26, has been victorious in five of the six Grand Slam finals they have contested, and has eight Slam successes to Venus's six.

The younger of the Williams sisters also leads their head-to-head record 8-7, the most recent of their matches coming earlier this year in Bangalore.

David Witt, Venus's hitting partner, who also has worked with Serena, said: "It's special. They're both going to show up, and they both want it."

Neither sister has lost a set in the tournament so far, and both had straightforward semi-final wins, with Venus beating fifth seed Elena Dementieva 6-1 7-6 (7-3), and Serena seeing off wild card Zheng Jie 6-2 7-6 (7-5).

Fresh controversy was sparked after those victories when Dementieva was quoted - but later denied saying - that the outcome of the final would be a "family decision".

That was a reference to Venus and Serena's father and coach Richard, who has in the past faced claims that he decides who wins when his daughters play each other.

Venus said any suggestion of collusion was "extremely disrespectful to who I am, what I stand for, and my family".

Richard Williams will not be around to see their latest confrontation, having already left London to return home to Florida.

Serena said: "He said he did his job and his job was done, so I guess he's feeling good. No matter what happens he's for sure going to be a winner."

She and Venus warmed up for their match by teaming up on Friday to reach the women's doubles final, beating France's Nathalie Dechy and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-3 6-3.

"It's good practice for our singles," said Serena. "We're just enjoying every moment."

She added that, although they travel in separate cars, she and Venus - who share a rented house during Wimbledon - will be together ahead of the final.

"You know, we're used to it. We're just excited to be in the final, and we think it will be a great match."

"I won my first Grand Slam almost 10 years ago, and Venus very soon after that. We're just going for history now, we definitely want to be a part of and stamp our name in those pages."

Recent history suggests that Venus, with her smoother movement around the court and her longer reach at the net, should make it title number five.

Serena added: "I'm not sure if the experience of playing my sister has got any easier, but the opponent has not become any easier, that's for sure.

"It's going to be a battle again. That's just how it is. We're both going in there playing, for me, the other best player.

"I hope that she feels she is also facing the best player. It's going to be a tough match."

And Venus admitted: "I think this is what we've been aiming for. We haven't reached this achievement in a few years now.

"This is what we're always aiming for, and it's great that it happened."

(BBC)

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