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Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams beats Jie Zheng – advances
Williams will face Shvedova on Monday.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to win a point in the set,” Williams said. “That will be my first goal, and then I’ll go from there.”
Defending champion Petra Kvitova, No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka and former French Open champions Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone also reached the fourth round.
Lukas Rosol, who stunned two-time champion Rafael Nadal in the second round, flopped in his follow-up, losing to No. 27-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
“I knew that this can happen,” said Rosol, a Czech ranked 100th. “I was thinking only just to don’t sleep and open eyes again and play good tennis.”
Americans Mardy Fish and Brian Baker made the round of 16, but not Roddick. He failed to convert two set points in the second set and lost to No. 7-seeded David Ferrer 2-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4, 6-3.
Roddick, whose ranking is in decline at age 29, wouldn’t say whether he thinks he’ll be back for Wimbledon next year.
