Vaidisova ousts Mauresmo to reach Wimbledon QFs

Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova dismissed defending champion Amelie Mauresmo in Tuesday's fourth-round action at Wimbledon.
Mauresmo lost her 10-match winning streak at the All England Club when the 14th-seeded Vaidisova stunned the fourth seed in 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-1 fashion on the famed Centre Court on yet another rain-interrupted day at the year's third Grand Slam event.
After dropping a tough first set via tiebreak, Mauresmo fought back to sneak out a second-set victory and force a deciding third in between rain drops on Day 8.
But the former world No. 1 Mauresmo came up flat in the final stanza, and bowed out by dumping one final forehand return into the net after 2 hours, 20 minutes of tennis.
Mauresmo swatted 13 aces, but also piled up 14 double faults and had her serve broken five times by the slugging Vaidisova. The French star was also sloppy at the net, where she converted on only 26-of-50 approaches.
The two-time major titlist Mauresmo beat Belgian star Justine Henin in last year's Wimbledon and Australian Open finals. The athletic Frenchwoman was seeking a fifth trip into the Wimbledon quarters.
The 18-year-old Vaidisova will appear in her first-ever Wimbledon quarterfinal, where she will meet French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic of Serbia or Russian Nadia Petrova.
Fifth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova eased into the quarters by dousing 16-year-old rising Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-2. The 2004 U.S. Open champion and 2006 French Open runner-up Kuznetsova will now compete in her third Wimbledon quarterfinal in five years.