Wimbledon: Superb Jessica Pegula storms into last-eight

Jessica Pegula enjoyed one of those scarcely believable days straight out of fantasy land as her racket oozed winners left, right and centre in a 6-1 6-3 fourth-round dismantling of luckless Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko at Wimbledon on Sunday.

It was a performance that will live long in Pegula's memory after she reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time by unleashing 22 winners and breaking her anguished rival five times.

"That was great. I came out playing really well, exactly how I wanted to play and I was just trying to ride that momentum as well as I could," Pegula said in a courtside interview after becoming only the fifth American woman in the last 25 years to reach the last eight at all four majors.

With her name now in the mix with Venus and Serena Williams, along with Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens, Pegula said: "It's amazing to be in that group with these people... I am so glad to make the final eight and I hope I get my name on a wall, or something."

She will next meet Marketa Vondrousova who recovered from an error-strewn start to seal her quarter-final berthwith a 2-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Marie Bouzkova in their all-Czech clash.

Vondrousova looked uncomfortable throughout the contest, committing 44 unforced errors, but held her nerve to grind out a win despite dropping the first set.

"It was a very tough match. We played a long match, and we know each other from the very young age, so it was very tough also mentally," Vondrousova told reporters.

"I'm just very happy that I stayed in the match and I stayed focused. I just wanted to stay in the match and be more active and going for the volleys and everything."

Bouzkova started well, winning four straight games en route to a 5-1 lead in the opening set as