Clijsters reaches last eight

Second seed Kim Clijsters became the quickest player in 21 years to reach 50 wins in a season as she strolled into the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second time today.

The Belgian overcame her doubles partner Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-2 to equal her best All England Club performance of two years ago and in the process achieve a milestone last set this early by Martina Navratilova in 1982.