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Serena, Venus reach QFs; Jankovic falls at Big W

Mon 30th, June 2008

Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - The powerful Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, notched fourth-round victories, while second-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic was an upset victim Monday at Wimbledon.

Red-hot unseeded Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn tripped up Jankovic in 6-3, 6-2 fashion on Day 7 at the All England Club. The top-three seeds are all gone here, as No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and former top-ranked star Maria Sharapova were among the upset victims last week.

Tanasugarn pulled off the stunner in 1 hour, 15 minutes with the help of four service breaks, compared to only one for Jankovic. The Serb also piled up 13 more unforced errors (19-6) than her Thai counterpart.

The 31-year-old Tanasugarn is riding a torrid nine-match winning streak, all on grass, including a surprise title in The Netherlands two weeks ago. She will now compete in her first-ever Grand Slam quarterfinal.

Meanwhile, a sixth-seeded Serena stomped fellow American Bethanie Mattek 6-3, 6-3 and a seventh-seeded Venus vaulted past 18-year-old Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-4. Kleybanova was the youngest player still standing here.

Serena advanced in 1 hour, 9 minutes by firing six aces and breaking Mattek's serve three times, while Mattek was unable to break Serena's capable serve throughout the match. Venus topped Kleybanova in 1 hour, 23 minutes, with the help of three breaks, compared to only one for the loser from Russia.

The six-time Grand Slam champion Venus is the reigning Wimbledon champ and a four-time titlist here, while the eight-time major champion Serena owns a pair of Wimbledon titles, with both championship match victories coming against Venus in 2002 and 2003. Serena was also the runner-up to Sharapova here in 2004.

Venus' quarterfinal opponent will be the resurgent Tanasugarn.

In other fourth-round action, 18th-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidisova overcame eighth-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3, while Chinese Jie Zheng ousted 15th-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-4, and 21st-seeded Nadia Petrova handled fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-4. Zheng stunned Ivanovic in the third round, while Kudryavtseva shocked Sharapova in the second in Week 1.

Vaidisova will face Zheng in the quarters.

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