Venus, Serena and Wozniacki ousted from Wimbledon

Updated on: 28 June,2011 07:55 AM IST |
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Defending champion Serena, world no 1 Caroline and 5-time winner Venus exit

Defending champion Serena, world no 1 Caroline and 5-time winner Venus exit

Serena, who has only recently returned from a year-long layoff caused by injury and life-threatening health problems, was stunned 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) by fiery Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in a pulsating battle on Court One.

USA's Serena Williams US during yesterday's Wimbledon Rd 4 match
against France's Marion Bartoli in London

Sister Venus during her Rd 4 match against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki during yesterdays Wimbledon fourth round
match against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in London.
Wozniacki lost 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 5-7.u00a0 PICS/AFP

Big sister Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 to Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova, who had also defeated the American in the last eight here last year. Pironkova will face Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova who skated past Belgian 19th seed Yanina Wickmayer 6-0, 6-2.

Danish World No 1 Wozniacki will have to wait a while longer for her maiden Grand Slam triumph as she was beaten 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 by 24th seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova.

Sharapova sizzles
Meanwhile, Maria Sharapova downed China's Peng Shuai 6-4, 6-2 in the Wimbledon fourth round to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2006.u00a0 She faces Cibulkova next.

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