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Paul Myers

Pegula overpowers Tsurenko to reach her first quarter-final at Wimbledon

Fourth seed Jessica Pegula swept past Lesia Tsurenko to advance to the last eight at Wimbledon for the first time. AP - Alastair Grant

Fourth seed Jessica Pegula continued her discreet sweep through the ladies single's draw on Sunday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over the veteran Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.

Pegula took the 34-year-old's opening service game and surged into a 3-0 lead in 12 minutes. A few minutes later she was 5-0 up courtesy of some clean service return winners and Tsurenko's inability to cope with the depth and power of her shots.

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