Who won

* Venus Williams, United States (7) -- defeated Alisa Kleybanova, Russia (42), 6-3, 6-4 -- A defending champion put off-Broadway on claustrophobic Court No. 2, which her father and some others found "ridiculous," Williams continued her long drive on the high road. Declining to comment, she said, "Let's keep it on the real. I'm here for the tennis."

* Serena Williams, United States (6) -- defeated Bethanie Mattek, United States (69), 6-3, 6-3 -- Number of sets the Williams sisters lost in the first four rounds: zero. Number of players remaining in the draw who can bring the experience of having been to a Wimbledon semifinal: zero. Hope for these players: close to zero.

* Williams/Williams, United States (11th-seeded) -- defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain (fifth-seeded), 6-1, 6-4 -- They played this one on Court No. 2 as well, for a sort of tripleheader. Maybe they secretly like Court No. 2.

* Roger Federer, Switzerland (1) -- defeated Lleyton Hewitt, Australia (27), 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-4 -- Federer, who hasn't played on Court No. 2 since the 2003 quarterfinals, pointed out that seven-time champion Pete Sampras played Court No. 2 for his last Wimbledon match, a second-round loss to George Bastl in 2002. Of course, you could always say that at least such an unsightly farewell had a smaller crowd.

* Rafael Nadal, Spain (2) -- defeated Mikhail Youzhny, Russia (17), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 -- Youzhny took Nadal to five sets here in 2007, but said that by now, "It doesn't matter if it's grass or clay." Scarier tennis words seldom have surfaced.

* Asia -- Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand (60) and Jie Zheng, China (133) combined to give the world's largest continent two Wimbledon quarterfinalists for the first time. Tanasugarn, 31, who had been to six Wimbledon fourth rounds in one of the least-known impressive statistics on earth, said, "Can I say, wow, wow, wow?"

Who lost

Jelena Jankovic, Serbia (3) -- lost to Tanasugarn (60) 6-3, 6-2 -- "I was almost playing in the parking lot," said the injured Jankovic, who got Court No. 18. "I almost needed a helicopter to get to my court."

Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia (4) -- lost to Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland (11), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 -- Kuznetsova could have vaulted to No. 1 in the world had she reached the semifinal. But then, nobody much wants that role.

Women's quarterfinals

* Venus Williams (7) vs. Tanasugarn (60) -- "I play her many times and she kick my butt," Tanasugarn said of Williams. It's good not to be alone in life.

* Serena Williams (6) vs. Radwanska (11) -- After Monday's match, Williams said she believes her capability exceeds her ranking. Given how the elite players have cratered to make this the first Grand Slam of the 40-year Open era without a top-four seeded player in the quarterfinals, it's clear she's not delusional.

* Zheng (133) vs. Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic (22) -- If you think of it, there's always a chance this could be the most-watched Wimbledon quarterfinal in history. (Hint: China.)

* Elena Dementieva, Russia (5) vs. Nadia Petrova, Russia (18) -- Entering the quarterfinals, Dementieva was the highest-seeded player left. If you bet that in your office pool . . . well, no, you really shouldn't be having office pools on these things.