SNAPSHOT FROM DAY SEVEN AT WIMBLEDON
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Dominika Cibulkova – controversially bumped out of the seedings to make way for Serena Williams, the Slovak is making her point on court, downing Su-Wei Hsieh in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals for a third time.
STAT OF THE DAY: The fourth-round elimination of seventh seed Karolina Pliskova means no woman has made the quarter-finals for the first time in 50 years of professional tennis.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I’m more concerned the World Cup final will have issues because the Wimbledon final is going on. They’ll hear every point, ‘Wow, love-15, 15-30’. The players are going to look up in the crowd and not understand what’s going on at Wimbledon,” a tongue-in-cheek Roger Federer when asked if he had any issues with the Wimbledon men’s final clashing with England’s potential World Cup soccer final on Sunday.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Federer is through to an astonishing 16th Wimbledon quarter-final as the defending champion closes in on a ninth title, while his great rival and world No.1 Rafael Nadal has advanced to the last eight for the first time in seven years. Three-time champion Novak Djokovic is also through. On the women’s side, Serena Williams remains on track to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record 24 grand slam singles crowns after also powering into the last eight.