LONDON (AP) Venus Williams has become the latest former champion to be knocked out at Wimbledon.
Her sister Serena is still going strong, though, after overcoming her toughest test so far this week.
Venus couldnt make it a third consecutive comeback triumph as she lost to 20th-seeded Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-7 (5), 8-6 in the third round on Friday.
Just ran out of time in the end, Venus said. She played really well. You have to win the last point, and I didnt succeed in that today.
She is the fourth former womens champion to get knocked out, joining Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova and last years winner Garbine Muguruza.
That leaves Serena as the only remaining woman to have won the tournament. The seven-time champion came from a break down in the first set to get past Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-6 (2).
Madison Keys, the U.S. Open runner-up and French Open semifinalist who was seeded 10th at the All England Club, also wound up losing her third-round match to 120th-ranked qualifier Evgeniya Rodina 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 Friday.
Honestly, Keys said, I think today was a massive mishandle of nerves.
She was ahead 5-2 and seemingly comfortably on her way to the expected victory when everything went awry.
Now it will be Rodina, not Keys, meeting Williams on Monday with a quarterfinal berth at stake.
FOR THE MEN, Kevin Anderson defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in a tough three sets 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. The 32-year-old has made it to quarterfinals just twice in his career, including an appearance in last years US Open final, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. The United States Sam Querrey was also eliminated by Frenchman Gael Monfils. After taking the first set 7-5, he went on to lose the last three. Querreys career-best finish came at Wimbledon 2017 where he was a semifinalist but he wont improve upon that this year.
No. 9 John Isner of the United States defeated Radu Albot of Moldova, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.
Roger Federer also moved on with yet another sweep, this time over Jan-Lennard Struff. The win puts Federer one step closer to his second straight Wimbledon win, as he continues to seek his second Grand Slam win this year.
