The second week of Wimbledon got under way yesterday and today marks the quarter finals stage. As expected, the men's quarter finals are rather predictable as Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray have all made it through and look set to progress further. Nadal had a injury scare in his last match but his MRI scans show that his foot has no real injury and should be fine to take on tenth seed Mardy Fish. Murray will face the unseeded Feliciano Lopez and Djokovic will also face an unseeded opponent in Bernard Tomic from Australia. Federer has arguably the toughest test against Queen's runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who is seeded twelfth.
But it is the women's singles that is still throwing up the surprises as the draw has been blown wide open. Third seed and French Open winner Na Li lost in the second round to Sabine Lisicki and this was followed by second seed Vera Zvonareva losing in the third round to thirty-second seed Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 2-6 3-6. But this was nothing compared to the drama of the fourth round; top seed Caroline Wozniacki was beaten 6-1 6-7 5-7 by twenty-fourth seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. The both of the Williams sisters were also knocked out, Serena lost 3-6 6-7 to ninth seed Marion Bartoli and Venus lost 2-6 3-6 to Pironkova. This means that the highest seed that can win the tournament is fourth seed Victoria Azarenka who faces the unseeded Tamira Paszek of Austria in the quarter finals. Fifth seed Maria Sharapova will face Cibulkova. Petra Kvitova is seeded eighth and will face Pironkova while ninth seed Bartoli will face Lisicki.
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