Serena Williams and Roger Federer advance to Wimbledon quarter-finals

LONDON – None of the top 10 seeded women have made it to the women's quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Serena Williams will be there, however, after moving closer to an eighth title at the All England Club.

Williams reached his 13th quarterfinal of Wimbledon by beating Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 6-2 on Monday, and never seemed likely to join the parade of favorites who were eliminated.

7 Karolina Pliskova became the last of the first 10 to be eliminated, losing to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands.

Since the introduction of seeds in the 1920s, none of the top 10 has reached the female level. the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. It is also a first for any Grand Slam tournament in the professional 50 year old.

Williams is ranked 25th after returning from having a baby, but looks like his usual dominant self on turf pitches. In a match against the only two remaining mothers in the table, she took a 3-0 lead in both sets and concluded the victory in 62 minutes.

"It was harder than the goal line," Williams said. "I knew we were both moms, and I'm not sure how often that happened, if ever, so it's really cool." You can be a mom, you can still play tennis and you can always be great. "

In the men's tournament, Roger Federer advanced to a 16th quarterfinal of Wimbledon record with a record of 6-0, 7-5, 6-4 wins against Adrian Mannarino, of France

The eighth champion lost only five points in a first set of 16 minutes, but faced breaking points for the first time in this year's tournament, saving the fourth. Federer has now won 32 straight sets at Wimbledon to settle for a win in three straight sets by beating his longest-running streak at the All England Club, where he has won 34 straight wins between the third round in 2005 and the final in 2006. [19659002L'AmericanJohnIslander'sDisease°13MilosRaonicCanadaandJapaneseKeiNishikoriNo24

Isner did his great service against the Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-6 (8) 7-6 (4). He then faces Raonic, who defeated Mackenzie McDonald of the United States 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

Bertens struck seven aces and saved eight of the 10 break points she faced to win 6-3, 7-6 (2) against Pliskova and complete the final setback in the women's draw. She beat ninth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round after breaking up in the third set.

Bertens faces Julia Goerges, 13th seed, who beat Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-3, 6-2 Jelena Ostapenko and Dominika Cibulkova will also meet in Tuesday's quarter-finals

Ostapenko a reached the last eight games for the second year in a row with a 7-6 (4), 6-0 win over the Grand Slam quarter-final. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, while Cibulkova beat Hsieh Su-Wei 6-4, 6-1.

Williams then faces Camila Giorgi, from Italy, while Angelique Kerber, 11th seed, plays Daria Kasatkina, of Russia.