Noskova beats Keys at Wimbledon; Paolini also through to quarters - ESPN

American Madison Keys is out of Wimbledon following a 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to No. 9 Linda Noskova, who advanced to her first Wimbledon quarterfinal Monday.

Noskova improved to 17-4 on grass since the start of 2025, the most wins by any woman over that span. She returns to the quarterfinals of a major for the first time since the 2024 Australian Open.

Keys, the 26th seed, saw her eight-match win streak snapped, her longest on tour since a 16-match stretch in early 2025 that included her first major title at the Australian Open.

Keys was the only former Grand Slam winner left in the bottom half of the ladies' draw, which will see a new champion for the 10th straight Wimbledon. Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff are the former major champions remaining in the top half of the draw.

Noskova next faces Elise Mertens, who will also be making her first quarterfinal appearance at the All England Club following a 6-4, 6-4 win over Marie Bouzkova.

Also on Monday, No. 13 Jasmine Paolini ended the dream run of Alexandra Eala, who became the first player from the Philippines to reach the second week of a major in the Open era.

«I gave everything that I could. I did everything that I could do today, so I'm proud of that,» Eala said. «I have to be proud of what I've achieved this week. I'm leaving with positive thoughts.»

Paolini — with Roger Federer watching from the Royal Box — won 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to reach her third major quarterfinal. She is the only player left in the women's draw who has played in a Wimbledon final, losing to Barbora Krejcikova in 2024.

«He's my idol,» Paolini said of Federer. «I was like during the match, 'Please stay focused, stay focused, don't think about he's here.'

»I was watching all the finals and all the tournaments he