Monica Niculescu was eliminated in the doubles competition by the Spanish pair Garrigues/Pascual, score 7-5, 6-3. The Williams sisters qualified in the quarter finals without any trace of doubt: Venus took advantage of Serbian Ivanovic's injury, who redrew from the competition when the score read 6-1 1-0 for the American. Serena dominated Slovakian Hantuchova with authority: score 6-3 6-1. The first male player to qualify for quarter-finals was German Tommy Haas. Favourite no. 24 is going through an excellent season.

The fourth round schedule in Wimbledon

Robin Soderling (13) - Roger Federer (2) 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-7 (5)

Dinara Safina (1) - Amelie Mauresmo (17)

Andy Murray (3) - Stanislav Wawrinka (19)

Venus Williams (3) - Ana Ivanovic (13) 6-1 1-0/ Ivanovic redrew after a hand injury

Fernando Verdasco (7) - Ivo Karlovic (22)

Tomas Berdych (20) - Andy Roddick (6)

Elena Vesnina - Elena Dementieva (4) 1-6 3-6

Daniela Hantuchova - Serena Williams (2) 3-6 1-6

Lleyton Hewitt - Radek Stepanek (23)

Victoria Azarenaka (8) - Nadia Petrova (10) 7-6 2-6 6-3

Dudi Sela - Novak Djokovic (4)

Juan Carlos Ferrero - Gilles Simon (8)

Igor Andreev (29) - Tommy Haas (24) 6-7 4-6 4-6

Caroline Wozniacki (9) - Sabine Lisicki

Alla Kudryavtseva/ Monica Niculescu - Anabel Medina Garrigues/ Virginia Ruano Pascual

5-7 3-6

Ana Bogdan (3) - Magda Linette/ juniori

Chantal Skamlova - Ilinca Stoica

Andrei Pavel/ Monica Niculescu - Robert Lindstedt/ Rennae Stubbs

Agnieska Radwanska (11) - Melanie Oudin 7-5 6-4

Virginie Razzano (26) - Francesca Schiavone