The National Sport front page on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 features Serena Williams, who overpowered Russian 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the last eight at Wimbledon, keeping her bid to equal Steffi Graf’s professional-era record of grand slam titles on track.
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Russian Kuznetsova, herself a double grand slam winner and three-times Wimbledon quarter-finalist, beat Williams on a hardcourt at the Miami Open in March.
But on a slippery Centre Court the six-times Wimbledon champion was too hot to handle, and she booked her place in the next round in one hour 16 minutes, reeling off the last eight games in a 7-5 6-0 win.
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