Can Nadal derail Fed express?

By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk

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Two weeks of top-quality tennis come to an end this Saturday and Sunday with the Wimbledon finals. With Venus and Serena Williams in opposite sides...

Two weeks of top-quality tennis come to an end this Saturday and Sunday with the Wimbledon finals.

With Venus and Serena Williams in opposite sides of the women's singles draw, and both sisters looking unstoppable all tournament, an all-American final is on the cards. The pair met each other for the first time in three years in March, at the Bangalore Open, with Serena beating her elder sister in a third-set tie break.

Between them, the Williams sisters have won six titles over the past eight years. Venus beat Marion Bartoli last summer to lift the appropriately-named Venus Rosewater Dish a fourth time. See if she can make it five on Saturday (BBC1, 1.25pm).

The rivalry between world number one Roger Federer and number two Rafael Nadal has reached a peak at Wimbledon for the past couple of years. If the pair meet in this year's final, it will be the third consecutive year they've done so. In 2007, Federer beat Nadal in five sets to claim his fifth title at the All England Club, equalling Bjorn Borg's 1976 to 1980 record.

This year, however, things might be different. Nadal dismantled his opponent in the final of the French Open and reinforced that win by taking his first grass-court title at the Artois Championships in the run-up to Wimbledon. Tune in to BBC1 at 1.30pm for all the action.

Silverstone is the venue for the British Grand Prix. Qualifying is on Saturday, with race action the following day from 12.00noon on ITV1.

This week's top game: Sunday, 1.25pm

Tennis: Wimbledon men's singles final (BBC1)

As first and second seeds respectively, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have contested the final of the men's singles for the past two years. On both occasions the Swiss top seed triumphed —

as he has done over the past five years. But is 2008 the year that Nadal can turn the tables? It has been a good year for Spain so far, with its footballers lifting the Henri Delaunay trophy after the Euro 2008 final. Maybe it's finally time for Nadal — armed with his first grass title won at Queen's — to knock Federer off the top spot.

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