( CNN ) -- Defending champion Venus Williams ensured the Wimbledon final would be another family affair with a devastating performance against Russia 's Dinara Safina in Thursday 's second semifinal . Venus dropped only one game as she crushed top seed Dinara Safina to reach her eighth Wimbledon final . Third seed Venus produced an awesome display on Centre Court , crushing world No.1 Safina 6-1 6-0 in just 51 minutes , after sister Serena had earlier won an epic three-set semifinal against Elena Dementieva . There was no way five-times champion Venus , was being sucked into such a dogfight . Her match was a much more subdued affair as she outclassed the top seed from the moment she settled into the match , winning the first nine points and breaking the Safina serve . Safina simply could not cope with the Williams serve , with one ace in the third game clocking in at 124mph , the fastest in the women 's tournament . Safina managed to get her side of the scoreboard ticking in the sixth game but it was no consolation as Venus stepped up the power on her groundstrokes . When Venus broke the Safina serve again at the start of the second set the match was essentially over . Unforced errors sprayed from Safina 's racket throughout the second set and a double fault in the fifth game handed Williams another break of serve . The end eventually came when Safina dumped another forehand into the net to allow Venus to take the match , after which she expressed her delight at another all-Williams , all-American final on July 4 . Venus told the BBC : `` This is my eighth final and it is a dream come true to have another opportunity to hold the plate up . `` I was able to stay focused and I have so much experience on this court . But the hardest part has to come , to play Serena in the final . ''
Holder Venus Williams eases into her eight Wimbledon women 's singles final . Five-times champion crushes top seed and world No.1 Dinara Safina 6-1 6-0 . American third seed takes just 51 minutes to set up clash with sister Serena . Serena through to fourth round after beating unseeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 6-2 in last 16 of Australian Open.