Williams crushes Beck to reach 4th round at Wimbledon

World number one Williams was taken the distance in a disjointed display against McHale, but it was a different story in round three on Sunday as she hammered Beck 6-3 6-0 on Centre Court to earn a 300th career grand-slam victory.

Vesnina will face doubles partner and close friend Ekaterina Makarova, who was a bridesmaid at her wedding past year, for a spot in the quarter-finals.

It was a vintage showing for Williams, who next faces Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Williams is continuing her quest for at least one more slam to equal or better Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22 major titles.

“Strange feeling, a little bit, ” said No. 7 Richard Gasquet, who helped give France four men in the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time since 1929, “because.

Querrey, who beat Novak Djokovic in the third round, is the first American man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals since Mardy Fish in 2011.

It was Tsonga’s 103rd match win in a Grand Slam, putting him in a tie with Jean Borotra at the top of the list of French players with the most victories in majors. They open the afternoon from 1pm on Centre Court.

Federer hadn’t played since Friday and was able to rest over the weekend while the tournament cleared up a backlog of matches caused by a rainy first week. The 34-year-old crunched down seven aces and made 25 winners as she secured a shot at Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round on Monday. He next faces No. 9 Marin Cilic, the 2009 U.S. Open champion.

Nishikori pulled out against Cilic suffering from a rib injury at 6-1, 5-1 down.

“It’s a great thing to play Serena in Wimbledon”. American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their second round match against Malek Jaziri of Tunisia and Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.

Nick Kyrgios booked a clash with Andy Murray for a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals after downing Feliciano Lopez in the third round on Sunday.

US 27th seed Coco Vandeweghe, who dismissed sixth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci.Russian 21st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made the last 16 of a Slam for the first time since the 2011 US Open by seeing off Swiss 11th seed Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-2.

Pavlyuchenkova had only seven unforced errors, 15 fewer than Vandeweghe, and broke the American five times. Vandeweghe, a 2015 quarterfinalist at the All England Club, had lost serve only twice in the first three rounds this year.

Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon by beating Misaki Doi of Japan 6-3, 6-1.

Kerber, who reached the semifinals at the All England Club in 2012 and the quarterfinals in 2014, will next play either Simona Halep or Madison Keys. Last year, she lost in the third round.

If Williams’ tennis was nearly faultless on Sunday, her memory was not.

“You can always, always lose the tournament in the first week, but never win it”, Federer said.

Play is underway under cloudy skies on Day 8 at Wimbledon, kicking off the busiest day in Grand Slam tennis.

Sam Querrey of the U.S, left, shakes hands with Novak Djokovic of Serbia after beating him in their men’s singles match on day six of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 2, 2016.

Six-time women’s victor Serena Williams is paired against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the next match on Centre Court, followed by No. 2 Andy Murray against Nick Kyrgios.