There will be no Serena Williams. There will be no Maria Sharapova. The Women's Singles quarterfinals at 2013 Wimbledon has a rare mix of qualifiers. Here's a look at the active bracket as all eight players advanced out of the fourth round on Monday.
When examining the bracket, the first name on the list isn't Williams', who came into the tournament as the No. 1 seeded player. Sabine Lisicki replaced her after defeating the American in three sets 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Lisicki is the lowest seeded player in the tournament and lucky for her, she will face the unseeded Kaia Kanepi in the quarterfinals. Kanepi and Lisicki are no strangers to quarterfinal play at Wimbledon. However, Lisicki has had more success, advancing to the quarters four times in her six-year career. Kanepi has been to the Wimbledon quarterfinals once back in 2010.
The next matchup on the bracket is headlined by Agnieszka Radwanska (4) and Na Li (6). The two are the highest seeded players left in this tournament, becoming rare breeds as only three of the final eight women are in the Top 10. Radwanska is looking to follow up on her 2012 finish at Wimbledon as she was last year's runner-up. This is Li's third quarterfinals appearance, the first after suffering back-to-back second round eliminations. Her last quarterfinals appearance came in 2010.
The U.S. still has hope if they want to bring Wimbledon title back home. Sloane Stephens (17) faces Marion Bartoli (15) in her quarterfinals meeting. The two have only met once in their careers and Bartoli owns that matchup 1-0 after defeating Stephens at New Haven in 2012.
Rounding up the Women's Singles bracket are Petra Kvitova (8) and Kristen Flipkens (20). Kvitova is the only other Top 10 seeded player in the tournament who is still alive and she proves to be the most successful player at Wimbledon remaining in the bracket. Kvitova was a semifinalist in 2010, a quarter-finalist last year and a Wimbledon champion in 2011. Flipkens will have to continue her hot run. She will be making her first quarterfinals appearance at a grand slam.
2013 Wimbledon Bracket: Women's Singles Quarterfinals
Sabine Lisicki (23)
vs.
Kaia Kanepi
Agieszka Radwanska (4)
vs.
Na Li (6)
Sloane Stephens (17)
vs.
Marion Bartoli (15)
Petra Kvitova (8)
vs.
Kristen Flipkens (20)
