Tennis: The top four seeds in the women's draw will contest this year's Wimbledon semi-finals after winning their last-eight ties today.
Maria Sharapova was the first to book her place in the semis with a 6-1 6-4 defeat of Elena Dementieva. He started the all-Russian clash impressively and raced through the first set in just 27 minutes.
The 2004 champion surged 4-0 ahead in the second set but then lost three games in a row as Dementieva threatened to turn the match into a contest for the first time.
She made Sharapova serve for the match at 5-4, but the 19-year-old proved up to the task and set up a semi-final meeting with top seed Amelie Mauresmo who beat Anastasia Myskina 6-1 3-6 6-3.
Mauresmo dominated the first set, winning six games in a row to clinch it but Myskina hit back well in the second.
The Frenchwoman, notorious for letting decent positions slip, steeled herself in the decider and gained the only break of serve in the sixth game to progress to her fourth semi-final in SW19.
On the other side of the draw, Justine Henin-Hardenne saw off French qualifier Severine Bremond 6-4 6-4.
Henin-Hardenne has not been beaten by a player ranked outside the top 100 in over four years - Bremond lies 129th - and that statistic was never under threat.
But the 24-year-old will be keen to improve her serve which wasn't at its best.
She was broken in both sets by Bremond and looked vulnerable at times, although she proved too classy for her opponent in the end.
It will be an all-Belgian semi-final as Kim Clijsters followed Henin-Hardenne into the last four later in the day.
The second seed was made to fight by China's Na Li before winning 6-4 7-5. Li was China's first-ever Grand Slam singles quarter-finalist and she did herself proud.
She launched a fightback in the second set and led it 5-2. At that stage she missed set point and never recovered from that setback. She lost five straight games to slip to defeat.