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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Sport
Sam Farmer

With top 10 women seeds eliminated at Wimbledon, Serena Williams is only high profile player in quarterfinals

LONDON _ It's Serena Williams ... and everybody else.

The last of the women seeded in the top 10 was eliminated Monday, meaning the field heading into the quarterfinals consists of 25th-seeded Williams and seven far-lesser-known players.

Williams, who has won Wimbledon seven times, is seeded so low because she's nine months removed from having her first child. She had no problem Monday dispatching Russia's Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2, 6-2.

"I feel like I'm getting to where I want to be," said Williams, in her fourth tournament since returning. "For me, there's so much farther I want to go to get back where I was, and hopefully go beyond that."

With seventh-seeded Karolina Pliskova losing to Kiki Bertens, it marked the first time since Wimbledon introduced seedings in 1927 that none of the top eight seeds advanced to the quarterfinals.

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