Jun 29 2009
Williams Sisters Advance
Serena and Venus Williams each stormed to the Wimbledon quarterfinals today after easy fourth-round victories. Serena defeated Daniela Hantuchova, 6-3, 6-1. Venus beat Ana Ivanovic, 6-1, 0-1, before Ivanovic retired due to injury.
There were two upsets Monday. Francesca Schiavone defeated 26th-seed Virginie Razzano, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Sabine Lisicki bounced ninth-seed Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, 6-4.
In other matches today, Dinara Safina rallied past former Wimbledon champ Amelie Mauresmo, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Elena Dementieva humbled Elena Vesnina, 6-1, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka edged Nadia Petrova, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska upended American upstart Melanie Oudin, 6-4, 7-5.
In tomorrow’s quarterfinals, Safina will face Lisicki and Venus will oppose Radwanska. In the other half, Dementieva meets Schiavone and Serena plays Azarenka.
On the men’s side, Roger Federer defeated Robin Soderling, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Novak Djokovic crushed Dudi Sela, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. Tommy Haas beat Igor Andreev, 7-6 (8), 6-4, 6-4.
There were three upsets. Ivo Karlovic, the 22nd seed, upended seventh-seed Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (9). Juan Carlos Ferrero dispatched eighth-seed Gilles Simon, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2. Lleyton Hewitt rallied past 23rd seed Radek Stepanek, 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
Mid-afternoon rain delayed the start of two matches. They are still playing at 8 p.m. local time. Andy Roddick leads Tomas Berdych, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Stanislas Wawrinka is ahead of Andy Murray, 6-2, 3-4.
The men’s quarterfinals will be Wednesday. The bottom half of the bracket is set. Djokovic battles Haas while Federer faces Karlovic. In the top half, Hewitt will play either Roddick or Berdych. Ferrero will meet the Murray-Wawrinka winner.
