The Dane failed to convert any of her six break-point chances as world number 41 Lisicki, who accounted for French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in round three, held her nerve to come through. Wozniacki - many people's tip to go far in the women's draw - went down 6-4 6-4 and missed out on a quarter-final match-up against top seed Dinara Safina. There was a shock on Court Four, however, as Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki crashed out to Sabine Lisicki of Germany. Serena beat Hantuchova 6-3 6-1 and will play Victoria Azarenka after she overcame Nadia Petrova. The American third seed will now play Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat 17-year-old qualifier Melanie Oudin 6-4 7-5. Sisters Venus and Serena Williams both eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with victories over Ana Ivanovic and Daniela Hantuchova respectively.ĭefending champion Venus was leading 6-1 1-0 when Ivanovic retired with a thigh problem after lengthy treatment. amp_article_33252 : Database Data restored.The Williams sisters remain on course to meet in the final He will now face France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the final. That left him serving for the match, which he succeeded in doing with a winning forehand stroke and an ace. Murray broke early to take a 1-0 lead, but Ferrer soon restored parity at two points apiece.Īnother break of serve went Murray's way to make the score 5-4 in his favour. Just like in the first and third sets, a tie-break was needed to determine a winner. Neither player was able to break in the fourth set, with Murray in particular spurning a couple of opportunities. The world number four then served to love, including a game-point ace to wrap up the third set. Murray had just one break in the entire set, which he took to open up a 5-4 lead. With the match now level at one set apiece, both players were able to produce solid form on their serves.
The pair both had set points in the breaker, but a deep backhand from Murray forced Ferrer to find the net to give the Scot an 8-6 triumph. Once again Murray responded with a break of his own, which in turn took the match into another breaker. It was Murray who gave up his service game first, which handed Ferrer the chance to serve for the set at 5-4.
Murray had chances to take the initiative during the breaker, but Ferrer's speed around the court proved to be the deciding factor in the end when he forced Murray to hit into the net for a 7-5 success.īoth players held their opening four service games of the second set.
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