Federer continues, women's seeds continue to fall at Wimbledon

Defending champion Roger Federer remained in the running for a ninth Wimbledon title by beating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-0 7-5 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals

The Swiss seed only needed 16 minutes to complete the first set and Kevin Anderson faced Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2) 5-7 7-6 (4).

Rafael Nadal was just as brutal in his 6-3 6-3 6-4 win over Jiri Vesely to secure a place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2011.

Former champion Novak Djokovic dismissed Russian Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-2 6-2 to reach the last eight.

Three-time winner of the All England Club, Djokovic then took on the No. 24 seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori, who beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 4-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (10) 6- 1.

"I'm very happy … he has weapons, a big first serve and a great forehand … it was tough conditions … last couple of games, I could" The game was suspended because of the bad light in the fourth-round match between fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro and Gilles Simon. Argentina's Del Potro led 7-6 (1) 7-6 (5) 5-7.

There are more than ten left players at Wimbledon after seventh-seed Karolina Pliskova was beaten in the fourth round.

This is the first time in 50 years that no top-10 star has played in the quarter-finals in women's All England Club

Pliskova lost in two straight sets to the Dutchman Kiki Bertens

The release of Pliskova leaves the world number 11 Angelique Kerber at the rank of highest ranked woman in the draw.

Serena Williams, seven-time champion, dominated the mothers of the Central Court Meeting with the Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina in the quarter-finals

Rodina, who, like Williams, combines a tennis career with motherhood, seemed intimidated.

In the quarterfinals, Bertens will play Julia Goerges, Williams will play Italian Camila Giorgi, Jelena Ostapenko will play Dominika Cibulkova, and Kerber will play Russian Daria Kasatkina

Meanwhile, there are two New Zealanders in the quarters of Men's doubles final, Artem Sitak and Micheal Venus advance with their respective partners.

Sitak and his Indian partner Divij Sharan beat Jonathan Erlich, an Indian partner, and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 1-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 in three hours and 50 minutes

"We had chances at the start They took a break and were confident and really cool because that's the beginning of the match," said Sitak. "In the second set, we took the pace and we have we got them at 15-40 on Matkowski's service, so there were two set points right there and unfortunately he hit two big services to bet and in the tie -break they made some more returns than "After the second set, we said: let's keep fighting, keep pushing and looking for those opportunities. If we win the third set and the distance is repeated, the other players may be tired.

"In the middle of the fourth set, I felt tired and I thought that if I felt like that, the other guys must be exhausted, so let's keep pushing and we'll have an opportunity.

" C & # 39; is exactly what happened and we had a break in each set. "

This is the first time Sitak arrives at the quarter-finals of a grand slam, having already lost in the third round three times and as in their last match against Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos, they had to go far.

In the quarterfinals, they will play Mike Bryan and Jack Sock

Venus and his South African partner Raven Klassen rebounded after losing the third and fourth sets to record a win over Joao Sousa of Portugal and Argentina 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-7 6-3 Leonardo Mayer

Venus and Klaasen face local hope Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares from Brazil atch to be played on the central court

– Reuters / RNZ