Ferrer, Tsonga, Serena cruise to quarter-finals

David Ferrer set up a quarter-final clash with British number one Andy Murray with a convincing straight sets win over Juan Martin del Potro.


Andy Murray booked his place in a fifth straight Wimbledon quarter-final with victory over Marin Cilic in a match heavily disrupted by rain on Court One. Murray won 7-5 6-2 6-3.


Ferrer completed the 6-3 6-2 6-3 victory over an out-of-sorts Del Potro in one hour and 58 minutes to reach the last eight for the first time.

The Spaniard will be joined by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Mardy Fish in four sets.

The fifth seed will meet Philipp Kohlschreiber in the last eight.

Serena Williams beat defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals.
While rain fell at SW19, the American sixth seed produced a series of punishing winners to defeat the Czech 6-3 7-5 under the Centre Court roof.

The four-time champion will play Victoria Azarenka next after the second seed beat Tamira Paszek 6-3 7-6 (7-4).