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Defending champion Roger Federer, who has not lost a set or his own serve all tournament, moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals today with a straight-set victory over the tallest player in the game.
In a match featuring only one break of serve, Federer beat 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), to extend his grasscourt winning streak to 21 matches. He’ll next face Lleyton Hewitt, who defeated Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3).
Sebastian Grosjean was the first player to make the men’s quarterfinals, beating Robby Ginepri 6-2, 6-2, 7-6.
Lindsay Davenport reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Vera Zvonareva. Also advancing were Maria Sharapova and Karolina Sprem.
Sharapova, considered perhaps the most talented of a crop of young Russian women, advanced to her second consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating 31-year-old American Amy Frazier 6-4, 7-5.
Shrapova next plays Japan’s Ai Sugiyama, who beat Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6-3, 7-5 to become the first Asian quarterfinalist at Wimbledon since Indonesia’s Yayuk Basuki in 1997.
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• Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi crashed out in the third round loss. The third seeds were upset by Julian Knowle and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 3-6, 8-6. |
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Two rain-delayed women’s third-round matches were completed early today, with Tatiana Golovin finishing off a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win over Emmanuelle Gagliardi to set up a meeting against two-time defending champion Serena Williams.
Italy’s Silvia Farina Elia defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.
