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Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams advances to quarterfinals
Monday, July 2, 2012
Serving for the match at 30-30, Williams chased down a good approach shot. On the run, she lifted a mishit backhand lob that Shvedova let go. The ball fell well inside the court to set up the match point.
The first player to reach the quarters was 37th-ranked Austrian Tamira Paszek, who beat Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-2 to reach the final eight for the second year in a row.
The second Monday at Wimbledon is the busiest in Grand Slam tennis, with all 16 men’s and women’s fourth-round matches on the schedule. But with showers in the forecast for much of the day, the tournament faced the prospect of rain delays.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
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