ON THE GRASS Wimbledon on Thursday

Attendance: 29,615. Last year: 30,936.

Weather: Scattered showers. High of 72 degrees.

Women’s semifinals: No. 7 Venus Williams def. No. 5 Elena Dementieva; No. 6 Serena Williams def. Zheng Jie.

Men’s quarterfinals: Rainer Schuettler def. Arnaud Clement.

Today’s men’s semifinals: No. 1 Roger Federer vs. Marat Safin; No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Schuettler.

Today’s TV: ESPN2 (7 a.m.-noon); WFMJ-21 (noon-5 p.m.)

Associated Press