Tennis

5-time champ Venus stunned in Wimbledon quarters

Published Jun. 29, 2010 2:53 p.m. ET

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Five-time champion Venus Williams has lost in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, beaten 6-2, 6-3 by unseeded Tsvetana Pironkova.

This is the second time in three matches the 22-year-old Bulgarian has defeated Williams. She also beat her in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open. Pironkova has never moved past the second round in 18 previous Grand Slam appearances.

Pironkova, playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, broke Williams twice in the first set and on consecutive chances in the fourth and sixth games of the second.

The second-ranked Williams made 29 unforced errors and had five double-faults against an opponent ranked 80 spots below her.

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