Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 11th time this afternoon but she did not have things all her own way against Australian Jarmila Groth.

Maria Sharapova breezed through to the second round of the WTA LA Women’s Tennis Championships in Los Angeles with a straight-sets victory over Jarmila Groth.

Serena Williams switched on the power to take her place in the third round of Wimbledon with the most routine of 6-2 6-1 victories against Australia’s Jarmila Groth.