LONDON (AP) Venus Williams is the oldest woman in the Wimbledon quarterfinals since 1994. Johanna Konta is the first British woman to make it that far since 1984. Angelique Kerber’s loss means she’ll relinquish the No. 1 ranking.
Jelena Ostapenko needed eight match points for her latest win – and latest proof that last month’s French Open title was no fluke. Magdalena Rybarikova, a Slovakian ranked 87th, reached her first quarterfinal in 36 Grand Slam tournaments.
Those were among the significant goings-on in women’s fourth-round action at the All England Club on Monday, when another topic took hold: Why were so few of these matches played on the tournament’s biggest courts?