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Lisicki stuns Sharapova

AFP, London
World number one Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon on Monday, while four-time winner Serena Williams and
defending champion Petra Kvitova survived major scares to reach the quarterfinals.
Sharapova had been a finalist in three of the last four Grand Slams, and arrived at Wimbledon on a high after winning the French Open for the first time last month.
But the top seed came back down to earth with a bump on Court One as German 15th seed Sabine Lisicki avenged last year's Wimbledon semifinal defeat against the Russian with a 6-4,6-3 fourth round victory.
Lisicki had lost in the first round of her last four tournaments, but she has hit form at the right time and the 22-year-old's reward is a last eight meeting with compatriot and eighth seed Angelique Kerber.
Kerber demolished Kim Clijsters 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time.
Such a humbling defeat was a cruel way for Belgium's Clijsters to say her Wimbledon farewell as the four-time Grand Slam winner prepares to retire after the US Open.
American sixth seed Williams narrowly avoided the same fate as Sharapova as she dug deep to defeat Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 2-6,7-5 on Court Two.
Kvitova, who defeated Sharapova in last year’s Wimbledon final to clinch her first Grand Slam title, had romped through the first week, dropping just 13 games.
But she had cause for concern in a 4-6,7-5, 6-1 win over Italian 24th seed Francesca Schiavone.
Schiavone, a former French Open champion, was in control after taking the first set, but lost her cool when the match was allowed to continue despite rain causing both players to slip.
Kvitova, 22, took full advantage, snatching the second set and then sweeping to victory in the decider to book her place in the last eight for the third time.
Unseeded Austrian Tamira Paszek, winner of the grasscourt event at Eastbourne two weeks ago, beat Italy's Roberto Vinci, the 23rd seed, 6-2, 6-2 to book her place in the quarterfinals for the second successive year.
Paszek, who shocked former world number one Carolone Wozniacki in the first round, will
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play second seed Victoria Azarenka or Ana Ivanovic in the last eight.
Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska, twice a quarterfinalist, completed a bad day for Italian tennis as she cruised to a 6-2,6-3 win over qualifier Camila Giorgi.