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 | Serena Williams qualified for the quarterfinals3-07-2012 |
Fourfold champion Serena Williams (USA) qualified for the quarterfinals of the British Open tennis.
Placed sixth in the American scheme has made a difficult victory against Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) with 6:1, 2:6, 7:5 for nearly two hours of play.
Shvedova became the first player won a set of Grand Slam tournament without losing a single point in the previous round in which eliminate 10 placed Erami Sara (Italy) with 6:0, 6:4.
In the next round Serena Williams, winner of 13 Grand Slam titles, will play with the winner of the match between defending champion Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) and Francesca Schiavone (Italy).
In the quarterfinals ranked and Tamira Pashek (Austria), who beat the 21th in the scheme Roberta Vinci (Italy) with 6:2, 6:2.