adminOh. I. Say. Now Maria Sharapova, the favourite, is gone, too. In a women’s competition distinguished by shock results – with incredulity only fractionally lessened by the fact that the exact thing happened last year – the Russian No 5 seed was dramatically taken down by Angelique Kerber. After seven match points, the German No 9 seed came through a rollicking fourth-round match, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
It’s anyone’s guess who will win the Wimbledon women’s title now but it will be a player whom no one suspected – and you may not have even heard of – just a week ago. All the recent talk has been of a revolution in women’s tennis.
Neither the Williams sisters nor Li Na, the No 2 seed, survived Wimbledon’s first week. The emergence of the 22-year-old Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard, 20, hinted that the momentum was with youth.
Kerber’s win provides more evidence that the guard is changing and in the quarter-finals today she will face Bouchard as the fascinating battle for ascendancy continues. — The Guardian
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