Zheng reaches first Grand Slam quarters

LONDON: Zheng Jie reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal as the Chinese wild card's Wimbledon fairy tale continued with a convincing 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hungarian 15th seed Agnes Szavay on Monday.

Zheng had stunned top seed Ana Ivanovic in the last round and the world number 133 showed that was no fluke by demolishing Szavay in an hour and 21 minutes in the fourth round.

The 24-year-old doubles specialist is only the second Chinese player to reach the last eight at Wimbledon, matching Li Na's achievement in 2006.