Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova set up a possible quarter-final against Serena Williams at Wimbledon by putting an end to Coco Vandeweghe's tournament.
The Moscow resident was just 15 when she played in the Wimbledon main draw for the first time in 2007, and this is her 10th tilt at the tournament.
A day after her 25th birthday, she earned a maiden last-eight appearance thanks to a 6-3 6-3 win on Court 18.
Ranked 23rd in the world, and seeded 21st, Pavlyuchenkova has a career littered with early grand slam exits, and just two prior quarter-final showings, at the French Open and US Open, both coming in 2011.
But she dismantled Vandeweghe's misfiring game on Court 18, a day after the heavy-hitting American had shone on Centre when knocking out Italian sixth seed Roberta Vinci. Vandeweghe could not get her serve working, landing just 49 per cent of first deliveries in court.
"Losing is never fun," Vandeweghe said. "A lot of things weren't working. Missing easy first balls. I'm assuming I had a very low percentage of first serves. I haven't looked at the stats.
"The fact I was getting pushed around out there, that's me not doing my job."
Pavlyuchenkova would have to wait a few hours to learn who she would face in the last eight. Defending title holder Williams was set for a mid-afternoon clash with Svetlana Kuznetsova, in another American-Russian clash on the fourth of July.
Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber spent just an hour and four minutes on court as she secured a 6-3 6-1 win over Misaki Doi, the Japanese player who was playing in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time.
Source: PA
