Williams sisters on course
2008-07-01 11:53
London - Venus and Serena Williams enter the women's Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday with even their next opponents conceding they are strong favourites for another final appearance.
Defending champion Venus faces Tamarine Tanasurgan and the
unseeded Thai, who defeated second seed Jelena Jankovic to reach
her first grand slam quarter-final, is not brimming with
confidence.
"I play her many times and she has kicked my butt," Tamarine told reporters.
"No pressure for me at all for me. I will just go out there and have fun and do my best," she added.
Sixth seed Serena, who won the Wimbledon title in 2002 and
2003, faces Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska who will also
make her first quarter-final appearance at the grass-court
championships.
"She is the favourite. But sometimes it is very hard. If
she's playing very well, it's hard to do anything. You're just losing, losing till the end," the 14th seed told reporters.
In the other ties, China's Zheng Jie, who knocked out top
seed Ana Ivanovic, faces another tough test in the form of Czech
18th seed Nicole Vaidisova.
Vaidisova, the 2007 Australian Open semi-finalist, recorded
an impressive fourth round victory over eighth seed Ana
Chakvetadze on Monday.
The other tie pits Elena Dementieva, at five the highest
seed left in the tournament, against fellow Russian and twice
French Open semi-finalist, Nadia Petrova.
- Reuters