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Ivanovic retirement puts Venus in last 8
June 29, 2009 20:04 IST
Third seed Venus Williams [ Images ] booked her place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon [ Images ] on Monday after Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic [ Images ] retired injured in their fourth-round clash.
Venus, chasing her third straight title here and sixth overall, was making a mockery of Ivanovic's former world number one ranking by storming to the first set 6-1 when the Serb called for the trainer in the opening game of the second.
Former French Open [ Images ] champion Ivanovic received treatment to her hip and then held her serve to go 1-0 up in the second before tearfully informing the umpire she could not carry on.
Williams will play Polish 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska [ Images ] for a place in the semi-finals.
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