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Sixth seed Konta finds herself the sole focus
of the home nation's hopes a day after men's defending champion
Andy Murray's painful quarter-final exit.
In what promises to be a clash of the power servers, Konta will
seek to become the first Briton since Virginia Wade in 1977 to
reach the grasscourt grand slam final.
Five-time winner Williams, 37 and seeded 10, will be aiming for
her ninth Wimbledon singles final, and victory on Saturday would
make her the oldest women's grand slam champion since tennis
turned professional.
Preceding the Briton and the American onto court will be Spanish
14th seed Garbine Muguruza, a finalist in 2015, and unseeded
Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova.
Living what she calls her very own Wimbledon fairytale, the
world number 87 is on a steep climb back up the rankings after
missing much of last season due to wrist and knee surgery.
She is the lowest-ranked women's semi-finalist since 2008, when
China's Zheng Jie, at 133, made the last four.
(Reporting by John Stonestreet; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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