It was a sad loss for the former Wibledon Champion Maria Sharapova as she fought hard against German ninth seeder Angelique Kerber.

According to Kerber ""It's unbelievable. It was so tough (a) match. Every single set was so close. Maria's a great player. I was just fighting, concentrating and focusing on myself. I'm so happy to be in the quarters now." She called her experience in playing against Sharapova as "an amazing experience."

The game took three strenuous sets before Kerber was declared the winner. The players played in a match that lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes in total. It was a game of give and take. Both players responded to each other's ball with fierceness. Both not wanting to let go and give in to the pressure of each other's play.

Sharapova won her first Wimbledon Championship in 2004 when she was just 17. Her next Wimbledon match followed in 2011 where she was a runner up playing against Petra Kvitová

According to the 2014 French Open Champion "It's absolutely normal for people to have high expectations of me doing well in Grand Slam stages." She added "I certainly do, as well. Today could have gone either way, and it didn't go my way."

When Sharapova was asked about Kerber she responded "She's never really a player that gives you a lot of mistakes or lots of errors. You really have to win the match against her."

She continued "She's a great anticipator of the ball, one of the best. I don't think she has a very huge weapon, but the fact that she makes you play such a physical match gets so many balls back, and not just back but deep and hard and flat, yeah, it says something."

Her win against Sharapova is a big chance for her to advance her position in the Wimbledon. That is because another top contender for the position has also been eliminated, they are Serena Williams, Li Na, as well as Victoria Azarenka.

Kerber will be facing Eugenie Bouchard, a 20 year old Canadian tennis star who was the only woman to reach the semifinals this year at both the Australian Open and French Open.