Dementieva easy progress, Elena Dementieva continued her comfortable progress with a straight forward two sets win over Italy's Francesca Schiavone, barely breaking sweat on her way to the Semi-Finals.
Elena Dementieva speaks about the success of women's tennis in Russia after dropping just three games on her way to defeating Regina Kulikova.
This years Ladies final will be a repeat of the last as both Serena and Venus triumphed against Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina respectively.
After her win over Francesca Schiavone, Elena Dementieva now faces Serena Williams in the last four and the Russian is confident she can go one step further than last year to reach Saturday's final.
Serena Williams holds held her nerve to defeat Elena Dementieva in an epic semi final show down, and looks ahead to the final on Saturday.
Serena Williams was taken all the way by battling Russian Elena Dementieva, surviving a match point against before battling through in three sets.
Elena Dementieva's tournament is over but she remains positive after her epic three set semi final defeat to two time champion Serena Williams.
Reflecting on her Quarter-Final defeat to Elena Dementieva, Francesca Schiavone suggested the experience of playing on the bigger stage of Court One will prove invaluable in future tournaments.
Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva faced one another in an all-Russian women's final for the gold medal. Dementieva won it in three sets.
Continuing his impressive 2008 season, Rafael Nadal won the gold medal in men's singles. Golds also went to Venus and Serena Williams in women's doubles and Elena Dementieva in women's singles.
Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic, Li Na and Elena Dementieva were the four winners on center court during the evening session of Aug. 11 match play.
Day 8 action on court 1 featured a women's singles semifinal match between Russians Vera Zvonareva and Elena Dementieva and the men's doubles bronze medal match between the United States and France.