Serena to guard against complacency

Serena Williams admits over-confidence could be the biggest obstacle to her bid to win a fourth Wimbledon singles title in Saturday’s final against Vera Zvonareva.

Williams has swept to the final in such dominant fashion that few outside of Zvonareva’s family and friends expect anything other than a convincing victory for the defending champion.

She began the tournament by winning the first set of each of her first three matches without dropping a set.

Then, when the going got tougher in the second week, she was able to raise her game at the crucial moment to stay on top of fiesty rivals like Petra Kvitova, who took her to a tie-break in Thursday’s semi-final.

Now she just has to defeat Russian 21st seed Zvonareva, who will be playing in her first Grand Slam final, to retain the Venus Rosewater dish. AFP