Serena Williams remains on track to win her 24th major title and eighth at Wimbledon after she defeated Julia Goerges in the third round on Saturday of the women's singles.
The 37 year old proved too strong for Goerges, who she beaten at the semi-final stage 12 months ago, as he prevailed 6-3, 6-4 on Court One.
Williams, whose most recent Wimbledon title came in 2016, will next play Carla Suarez Navarro in the fourth round on Monday.
Williams is due to play on Centre Court later on Saturday. She and Andy Murray will play their first round mixed doubles match against Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi.
World No 1 Ashleigh Barty stretched her winning run to 15 matches in a row as she strode past the challenge of Harriet Dart 6-1, 6-1 on Centre Court, needing only 53 minutes to succeed.
Barty, who won the French Open and then in Nottingham, will face Alison Riske next for a place in the quarter-finals.
Also through to the last 16 is two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. The Czech proved too strong for Magda Linette as she prevailed 6-3, 6-2.
Meanwhile, in the men's tournament the early winner was Kei Nishikori. The Japanese eighth seed triumphed 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 against American Steve Johnson.
Both Roger Federer (against Lucas Pouille) and Rafael Nadal (facing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) are due on court later in the afternoon.
