Serena edges Zheng, Rosol flops
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July 1, 2012, Sunday
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FOUR-TIME champion Serena Williams clinched a marathon triumph over China's Zheng Jie to reach the Wimbledon last 16 yesterday as Lukas Rosol, the conqueror of Rafael Nadal, returned to anonymity.
Sixth-seed Williams, playing in her 13th Wimbledon, saw off 25th-seed Zheng, a semifinalist in 2008, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 9-7 and will tackle Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan for a place in the quarterfinals.
"It was good to win that. I needed a tough match and she's always playing me incredibly well," said Williams.
Wildcard Shvedova will go into tomorrow's fourth round tie having made history as the first woman at a grand slam to achieve a Golden Set.
Shvedova won 24 points and conceded none in a first set 6-0 wipeout of Italian 10th seed, and French Open runner-up, Sara Errani on her way to the last 16 for the first time.
Shvedova, who won 23 points in succession at the Memphis tournament in 2006, took the second set 6-4.
"Today I laid a golden egg," the Kazakh later tweeted.
Czech world No. 100 Rosol had caused one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport when he beat world No. 2 Nadal in five sets in the second round under the Centre Court roof on Thursday.
But on a windswept Court 12 yesterday, normal service was resumed as German 27th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, who beat Nadal on grass at Halle two weeks ago, eased to a 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win and a first appearance in the last 16.
Defending women's champion Petra Kvitova wasted little time moving into the fourth round as the Czech took just 53 minutes to crush American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-0.
Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, the 14th-seeded Serb, advanced, coming from behind to clinch a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against German Julia Goerges.
Ivanovic will play second seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who put out Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova, 6-3, 6-3.
Also going through was Austria's Tamira Paszek, the first round conqueror of former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Paszek enjoyed a 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer.
Sixth-seed Williams, playing in her 13th Wimbledon, saw off 25th-seed Zheng, a semifinalist in 2008, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 9-7 and will tackle Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan for a place in the quarterfinals.
"It was good to win that. I needed a tough match and she's always playing me incredibly well," said Williams.
Wildcard Shvedova will go into tomorrow's fourth round tie having made history as the first woman at a grand slam to achieve a Golden Set.
Shvedova won 24 points and conceded none in a first set 6-0 wipeout of Italian 10th seed, and French Open runner-up, Sara Errani on her way to the last 16 for the first time.
Shvedova, who won 23 points in succession at the Memphis tournament in 2006, took the second set 6-4.
"Today I laid a golden egg," the Kazakh later tweeted.
Czech world No. 100 Rosol had caused one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport when he beat world No. 2 Nadal in five sets in the second round under the Centre Court roof on Thursday.
But on a windswept Court 12 yesterday, normal service was resumed as German 27th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, who beat Nadal on grass at Halle two weeks ago, eased to a 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win and a first appearance in the last 16.
Defending women's champion Petra Kvitova wasted little time moving into the fourth round as the Czech took just 53 minutes to crush American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-0.
Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, the 14th-seeded Serb, advanced, coming from behind to clinch a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against German Julia Goerges.
Ivanovic will play second seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who put out Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova, 6-3, 6-3.
Also going through was Austria's Tamira Paszek, the first round conqueror of former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Paszek enjoyed a 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer.
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