Out of this world Venus beats Pierce

Venus Williams served warning that Grand Slam success is back on the Williams agenda when she powered into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a Centre Court defeat of Mary Pierce.

The former world number one demonstrated the type of form which brought her back-to-back Wimbledon singles titles in 2000 and 2001, defeating Pierce 6-0 7-6 in one hour and 29 minutes.