Simon Says: Lifted sister

What a final! I have to say I started to feel sorry for Venus at the beginning of the match, she was getting nothing short of butchered by her younger sister Serena.

Possibly the wind was a factor, but Venus started to get into things and snatched the first set. I was expecting Serena to pull back and set up a decider, but it didn't happen, and before we knew it Venus had a fifth Wimbledon title.

You'd have to call it an upset. Serena has been playing like the best player in the world, and looks every bit as motivated as she did when she first came on the scene.

I think Venus will be very happy to take this title, and see if she can't win another Grand Slam before Wimbledon comes around next year. But she's not concerned about being the highest ranked player in the world anymore, or winning every tournament.

Serena, however, appears to have seriously got back her hunger, and she'll use this as a springboard to have a cracking season. I strongly believe she'll be number one in the world, or very close to it, before the year is out.

Looking forward to the men's final, I'm feeling even stronger about a Roger Federer victory than I did yesterday.

I saw him being interview by Michael Stich, and he seems relaxed and a touch annoyed about the premature obituaries to his career which are permeating the media.

That's extra motivation for him, and I'm sure he'll wake up on Sunday and go into the match thinking he's going to win. People are questioning his credentials as a Wimbledon champion and he has a point to prove.

I expect him to win in four or five sets, most likely five. It's going to be a battle royale out there, that's for sure, and Rafael Nadal will be thinking he's going to win too. But not this time.