Bulgarian beats Venus Williams in Wimbledon quarterfinals
Published:Tuesday | June 29, 2010 | 1:32 PM
Five-time champion Venus Williams was ousted in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon today, losing 6-2, 6-3 to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.
The second-seeded Williams, who had reached the Wimbledon final in eight of the past 10 years, was undone by a slew of unforced errors and double faults in the biggest upset of the women's tournament.
The result rules out another all-sister final between Venus and Serena Williams, the defending champion who defeated China's Li Na 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.
In another surprise, 21st-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia rallied to beat two-time US Open winner Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal.
The men had the day off ahead of tomorrow’s quarterfinals.
Roger Federer, chasing a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title, will meet Tomas Berdych, Rafael Nadal will play Robin Soderling, Andy Murray will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan will play Novak Djokovic.