Defending champion Venus Williams knows it will be 'every Williams for themselves' when she faces younger sister Serena for a third time in the Wimbledon final.
Venus held off the determined challenge of fifth seed Elena Dementieva to advance to her seventh final at the All England Club, powering through the opening set before being pushed all the way in the second before sealing a 6-1 7-6 (7-3) victory.
The four-time champion then watched Serena defeat China's Zheng Jie 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in the day's second semi-final on Centre Court to make Saturday's final a family affair.
The sisters were seeded sixth (Serena) and seventh (Venus) for the championships on the basis of their world rankings, rankings felt to be artificially low due to their limited schedule.
"At this point our main focus was obviously both of us getting to the final. Then from there it's every Williams for themselves," said Venus.
"Our goal is just to be healthy. I think if we can be healthy, then we can do well and continue to climb the rankings."
"Of course we believe we can be on top, but we just have to keep our fingers crossed, keep working hard, and go for it."
"I'm looking forward to the final and I'm dying for Serena to get through. It's my seventh final and I'm looking forward to playing Serena in our third final. It's so exciting."
As was the case when the pair faced each other in the final in 2002 and 2003 - Serena winning both - speculation was raised that the result might be decided beforehand.
However, the question arose from Dementieva's comment that the final was going to be 'a family decision', a comment which appeared to get lost in translation and Venus was quick to label any such speculation as 'ridiculous' and 'pretty offensive'.
What is for certain is that the pair will combine in Friday's doubles semi-final before heading back to the rented apartment they have been sharing for the fortnight.
Williams was asked almost no questions about her victory over Dementieva, who looked in danger of being blown away in every sense of the word in blustery conditions on Centre Court.
The Russian lost her serve three times in an opening set that only lasted 38 minutes because of a prolonged fifth game in which she finally got on the scoreboard, but came back from a break down in the second before losing out in a nervous tie-breaker.
"I expected such a good game from her because she's the defending champion," said the 26-year-old from Moscow.
"I think she started really well. In the beginning of the match she really dominated, put a lot of pressure on my serve. She was serving unbelievably well so it was really hard to just make her play."
"I knew she's not going to play like that the whole match. I was just trying to make her play, keep the ball in the game because as much as she plays, she gets tight."
"As you could see in the second set, she was really, really tight at the end of the match."
As for the final, Dementieva added: "I cannot imagine myself playing against someone from my family. It's really hard. For sure it's going to be a family decision."
"I think it's really hard for them because they both are great players and they both deserve to