Two-time major champion Marat Safin will play in his first Grand Slam quarter-final since winning the Australian Open in 2005. His opponent will be No. 31-seeded Feliciano Lopez, with the winner to face the Federer-Ancic winner.
It’s been five years since Serena won the Wimbledon trophy, and the last of her eight Grand Slam titles came at the Australian Open last year.
“I always expect to be here,” she said. “I always expect the best. I feel like I deserve this because I don’t think anyone’s been working harder than me, except for maybe Venus. I mean that girl works even harder than I do. I just feel it’s about time.”
Serena, who fell to Venus in the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2000, said it hurts less to lose to her sister.
“I mean, I’ll be bitter, but at the end of the day it’s a lot easier losing to someone that I feel I should normally beat,” she said.
Serena was asked how the sisters, who are sharing a rented accommodation in Wimbledon village, would handle breakfast on Saturday morning if they are in the final.
“I’m going to sabotage her and eat all the breakfast,” she said with a smile. “I’ll eat all the Wheaties [cereal] so she doesn’t have any chance, if we get that far.”
TAIWANESE
In the third round of the mixed doubles on Tuesday, Chuang Chia-jung of Taiwan and Daniel Nestor of Canada beat Max Mirnyi and Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Chuang’s compatriot Chan Yung-jan and Julian Knowle of Austria were less fortunate, losing to Jamie Murray of Britain and US player Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3.
In the boys’ singles, second-seeded Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan defeated Alessandro Giannessi of Italy 7-6 (7), 6-2 to advance to the third round.
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