Li Na routs Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-0 to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals

July 1, 2013 at 2:00PM

LONDON — Li Na routed Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-2, 6-0 Monday to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the third time.

The 31-year-old Chinese player broke the 30-year-old Vinci six times to wrap up the win in just 55 minutes on Court 3.

The sixth-seeded Li will next play the winner between No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.

The 11th-seeded Vinci was trying to make her first Wimbledon quarterfinal, having also reached the fourth round last year.

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