Serena Williams reaches Wimbledon quarter-finals

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In Wimbledon Tennis, seven-time singles champion Serena Williams reached the quarter-finals with a dominant display against Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro. The American 11th seed raced to a 6-2, 6-2 victory against the world number 31.

Williams will play compatriot Alison Riske after she upset world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia. Romanian Simona Halep defeated Cori Gauff of US 6-3, 6-3.

Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina also moved into the last eight with a
6-4, 6-2 win against Petra Martic of Croatia. Svitolina will now face the winner of Karolina Muchova and Karolina Pliskova in tomorrow’s quarter-finals.

In men’s singles, Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to enter the quarterfinals. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori are also playing for a place in quarterfinals today.