Wimbledon 2016 Thursday order of play: Serena Williams looks to set-up final against sister Venus

Order of play for women's semi-final day at Wimbledon

Serena Williams could face her sister Venus in the Wimbledon final if she beats Elena Vesnina (Getty)

The women’s singles’ semi-finals take place on Thursday at Wimbledon with the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, bidding to set-up a final showdown when they take on Elena Vesnina and Angelique Kerber respectively.

Serena Williams gets the action underway on Centre Court when the No 1 seed takes on Vesnina of Russia, knowing that she has a large bill to live up to following Wednesday’s thrilling men’s quarter-finals that saw both Roger Federer and Andy Murray come through five-sets to reach the last four.

Following that, a resurgent Venus Williams takes to Centre Court in the semi-finals for the first time since 2010, although the No 8 seed faces a stiff challenge in the form of the fourth-seed Kerber.

The final match on Centre Court sees No 1 men’s doubles’ seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut take on Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi.

Order of Play for Thursday 7th July 2016

(All times BST, seeds in brackets)

Centre Court:

13:00: (1) Serena Williams (USA) v Elena Vesnina (Rus), (4) Angelique Kerber (Ger) v (8) Venus Williams (USA), (1) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) v (12) Treat Huey (Phi) & Max Mirnyi (Blr)

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Court 1:

13:00: (1) Martina Hingis (Swi) & Sania Mirza (Ind) v (5) Timea Babos (Hun) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz), Julien Benneteau (Fra) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) v (11) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Rajeev Ram (USA), (16) Leander Paes (Ind) & Martina Hingis (Swi) v Henri Kontinen (Fin) & Heather Watson (Gbr)

Court 2:

11:30: Mansour Bahrami (Irn) & Patrick McEnroe (USA) v Rick Leach (USA) & Cedric Pioline (Fra), (8) Julia Goerges (Ger) & Karolina Pliskova (Cze) v (2) Caroline Garcia (Fra) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra), Michael Chang (USA) & Mark Philippoussis (Aus) v Wayne Ferreira (Rsa) & Sebastien Grosjean (Fra), Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams (USA) v (4) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) & Elena Vesnina (Rus)

Court 3:

11:30: Iva Majoli (Cro) & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spa) v Jana Novotna (Cze) & Helena Sukova (Cze), Oliver Marach (Aut) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v (9) Radek Stepanek (Cze) & Lucie Safarova (Cze), (15) Robert Farah (Col) & Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) v (10) Alexander Peya (Aut) & Andreja Klepac (Slo), (14) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) v (11) Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)

Court 5:

11:00: (4) Mate Valkusz (Hun) v (5) Denis Shapovalov (Can), (1) Olesya Pervushina (Rus) v (8) Sofia Kenin (USA), Mayuka Aikawa (Jpn) & Yiena In-Albon (Swi) v (3) Kaja Juvan (Slo) & Iga Swiatek (Pol), (1) Olesya Pervushina (Rus) & Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Can) & Karman Thandi (Ind)

Court 8:

11:00: Youssef Hossam (Egy) & Ergi Kirkin (Tur) v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) & Alexei Popyrin (Aus), (8) John McNally (USA) & Jeffrey John Wolf (USA) v Lukas Klein (Svk) & Yosuke Watanuki (Jpn), Toru Horie (Jpn) & Shunsuke Shimizu (Jpn) v (4) Benjamin Sigouin (Can) & Louis Wessels (Ger), Dan Added (Fra) & Duarte Vale (Por) v (7) Alex De Minaur (Aus) & Blake Ellis (Aus), Eliz Maloney (Gbr) & Nell Miller (Gbr) v (5) Sofia Kenin (USA) & Monika Kilnarova (Cze)

Court 12:

11:00: (8) Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Fra) v (2) Ulises Blanch (USA), (5) Kayla Day (USA) v Gabriella Taylor (Gbr), Gabriel Decamps (Bra) & Marvin Moeller (Ger) v Ulises Blanch (USA) & Vasil Kirkov (USA), Eleni Christofi (Gre) & Lucie Kankova (Cze) v (6) Kayla Day (USA) & Taylor Johnson (USA), Ali Collins (Gbr) & Francesca Jones (Gbr) v (2) Amanda Anisimova (USA) & Alexandra Sanford (USA)

Court 18:

11:00: (1) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v (11) Djurabeck Karimov (Uzb), (9) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) v (4) Anastasia Potapova (Rus), (3) Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Casper Ruud (Nor) v Daniel Altmaier (Ger) & Djurabeck Karimov (Uzb), Mattias Siimar (Est) & Anthony Jackie Tang (Hkg) v (2) Kenneth Raisma (Est) & Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (8) Jodie Anna Burrage (Gbr) & Panna Udvardy (Hun) v Mariam Bolkvadze (Geo) & Caty McNally (USA)

Court 19:

11:00: (7) Alex De Minaur (Aus) v (3) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can), Claire Liu (USA) v (7) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), (1) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) & Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) & Yibing Wu (Chn), (4) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) & Claire Liu (USA) v Anastasia Detiuc (Mol) & Oana Gavrila (Rom), Malene Helgo (Nor) & Ioana Minca (Rom) v Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) & Baijing Lin (Aus)

Court TBA:

Justin Gimelstob (USA) & Ross Hutchins (Gbr) v Greg Rusedski (Gbr) & Fabrice Santoro (Fra), Thomas Enqvist (Swe) & Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) v Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) & Carlos Moya (Spa), Henri Leconte (Fra) & Jeff Tarango (USA) v Mark Petchey (Gbr) & Chris Wilkinson (Gbr)