Clijsters overcomes Henin; Venus reaches Wimby QFs

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06/28/2010 - Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kim Clijsters came from behind to defeat her fellow former world No. 1 Belgian stalwart Justine Henin, while five-time champion and former top-ranked star Venus Williams also joined the parade into the quarterfinals Monday at Wimbledon.

The eighth-seeded U.S. Open champion Clijsters dropped the first set against the 17th-seeded Henin before charging back for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision on Court 1 at the All England Club.

Clijsters prevailed in 1 hour, 28 minutes despite striking only one ace and piling up six double faults. She did, however, tally one more service break (3-2) than her great rival.

The two-time U.S. Open champion Clijsters is now 13-12 lifetime against Henin, including 3-5 now in Grand Slams.

The seven-time major champion Henin, who was this year's Australian Open runner-up to Serena Williams, still needs Wimbledon to complete the coveted career Grand Slam. She reached finals here in 2001 and 2006, but lost to five- time champion Venus Williams and Amelie Mauresmo, respectively.

Henin was fresh off her grass-court title in The Netherlands.

Clijsters' quarterfinal opponent will be 21st-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva.

The second-seeded 2009 Wimbledon runner-up Venus advanced to the quarters by handling surprising Aussie Jarmila Groth 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on Court 2 at the AEC. The crowd on Court 2 booed Venus upon her late arrival for her Day-7 match.

Venus, who has reached the final here eight times in the last 10 years (5-3), will next face Tsvetana Pironkova, after the Bulgarian defeated 11th seed Marion Bartoli of France 6-4, 6-4. Bartoli was the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up to Venus.

The 22-year-old Pironkova is a first-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist.

Another upstart, Czech Petra Kvitova, manhandled third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. The Danish Wozniacki was last year's U.S. Open runner-up to Clijsters.

The 20-year-old Kvitova will appear in her first-ever major quarter.

Fourth-seeded Serbian star Jelena Jankovic retired Monday from her fourth- round bout against the aforementioned Zvonareva.

Jankovic took a spill early in her match and received treatment on her back, trailing Zvonareva 6-1, 3-0 at the time. The Serb would retire three points later.

The 25-year-old former world No. 1 Jankovic has yet to make it past the fourth round in her career at Wimbledon.

Zvonareva will now play in her first-ever quarterfinal at the All England Club.

Also on Monday, ninth seed Li Na of China upended No. 7 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals here for a second time. Li appeared in her first-ever major semifinal at January's Aussie Open.

Radwanska had previously never lost to a player seeded outside the top six at Wimbledon.

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#1 UNC vs. # 5 USC

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