Williams races into her 13th Wimbledon quarter-final after the seven-time champion thrashed Rodina 6-2, 6-2 in a Centre Court masterclass
With the rise of Djokovic and Kvitova, the Eastern Bloc is at the centre of the game.
Softly-spoken 21-year-old Czech Petra Kvitova celebrated her Wimbledon singles title with a shy smile on Saturday.
Maria Sharapova, the rejuvenated glamour girl of women’s tennis, will take on low-key Czech Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon title showdown on Saturday.
Tsonga, Murray, Djokovic and Nadal reach the men’s semifinals at Wimbledon, as Sharapova, Lisicki, Kvitova and Azarenka make the women’s semifinals.
Kim Clijsters warned she was hitting top form, while world number two Vera Zvonareva hopes to prove her critics wrong.