Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is through to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010 after a 7-6(3) 6-4 victory over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.
Williams, the No.8 seed, played intelligent, aggressive tennis against Suarez Navarro during the weather-affected contest on No.1 Court, battling back after a slow start to reach a tie-break after a rain delay before leading from the front in the second set.
At 36, the former world No.1 is the oldest player to reach the ladies’ singles quarter-final since Martina Navratilova reached the final in 1994, aged 37.
La 5 veces Campeona de Wimbledon Venus Williams avanzo a cuartos de final del torneo por primera bvez desde el 2010 despues de superar a la española Carla Suarez Navarro con parciales de 7-6 y 6-4.
Williams clasificada 8, jugo inteligentemente, agresiva por momentos frente a Navarro en partido que se vio afectado por las condiciones del clima, pero despue de un comienzo lento tomo la delantera en la acciones.
De 36 años de edad, la ex-numero uno del mundo, es la jugadora de mayor edad en llegar a unos cuartos de final de este torneo desde que Martina Navratilova lo consiguiera en 1994, con 37 años de edad…
Serena Williams (USA) against Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) during their LadiesÕ Singles 4th Round match on Centre Court. The Championships 2016 at The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Day 7 Monday 04/07/2016. AELTC/Joe Toth
Helped by a brief weather interruption, a calming chat with her coach and calling on her most powerful weapons, the world No.1 achieved exactly that as she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-0 to move into the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 12th time in her 17 appearances.
The clock showed Williams as an efficient winner in 76 minutes but not everything ticked along smoothly for the defending champion. A winner of their quarter-final match in Miami, Kuznetsova is one of several players to deny Williams an important victory in 2016 (she also lost in the Australian Open final to Angelique Kerber and at the same stage of the French Open to Garbiñe Muguruza) and for a brief time it seemed their fourth round match could go a similar way.
Las alegrias para la familia Williams se completaron el domingo con la victoria de Serena Williams ante Svetlana Kuznetsova con parciales de 7-5 y 6-0 para avanzar a cuartos de final de Wimbledon por decimo segunda ocasion en 17 presentaciones…