Wimbledon Romanian Monica Niculescu was eliminated in the doubles competition/ Williams sisters qualified in quarter final

Monica Niculescu was eliminated in the doubles competition by the Spanish pair Garrigues/Pascual, score 7-5, 6-3. The Williams sisters qualified in the quarter finals without any trace of doubt: Venus took advantage of Serbian Ivanovic’s injury, who redrew from the competition when the score read 6-1 1-0 for the American. Serena dominated Slovakian Hantuchova with authority: score 6-3 6-1. The first male player to qualify for quarter-finals was German Tommy Haas. Favourite no. 24 is going through an excellent season.

The fourth round schedule in Wimbledon

Robin Soderling (13) – Roger Federer (2) 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-7 (5)

Dinara Safina (1) – Amelie Mauresmo (17)

Andy Murray (3) – Stanislav Wawrinka (19)

Venus Williams (3) – Ana Ivanovic (13) 6-1 1-0/ Ivanovic redrew after a hand injury

Fernando Verdasco (7) – Ivo Karlovic (22)

Tomas Berdych (20) – Andy Roddick (6)

Elena Vesnina – Elena Dementieva (4) 1-6 3-6

Daniela Hantuchova – Serena Williams (2) 3-6 1-6

Lleyton Hewitt – Radek Stepanek (23)

Victoria Azarenaka (8) – Nadia Petrova (10) 7-6 2-6 6-3

Dudi Sela – Novak Djokovic (4)