Grand Slam Professional Tennis Predictions and Picks by Nick Bollettieri. US Open, French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open

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There have been three women’s matches completed already this morning, and two of them were won by the underdogs. Jelena Jankovic, who is seeded second, lost to veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3, 6-2 and #15 Agnes Szavay fell to Jie Zheng 6-3, 6-4. Jankovic didn’t look comfortable at all on the grass today, after she injured herself in her previous match against Wozniacki. With Jankovic losing, that means the top three seeds on the women’s side are all out of the tournament. That leaves Svetlana Kuznetsova, who plays later today, as the highest seeded woman remaining.

For Tanasugarn and Zheng, this is the first time either of them have been into the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. Tanasugarn has been playing singles matches in Grand Slams since 1997, and has been to the fourth round of Wimbledon six times previously. Zheng, who is ranked #133 in the world, had only been to the fourth round of a Grand Slam once in her career (2004 French Open) before this Wimbledon. This is a great achievement for both girls, and we will have to see if they can keep their runs going in the quarters!

One seed who didn’t lose already today is Venus Williams. The defending champion made short work of Alisa Kleybanova, beating her 6-3, 6-4 in 83 minutes. Williams is into the quarterfinals for the ninth time in twelve appearances, and she will now face Tanasugarn, whom she is 6-0 against.