Wimbledon 2013 Results: Breaking Down Day 8's Best Matches

The women’s side of the bracket at Wimbledon is as wide open as it gets.

The top three seeds have failed to reach the quarterfinals, and all of the remaining semifinal hopefuls are ranked outside the top five with the exception of Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 4 seed this year.

Each of the eight remaining women has a strong chance at taking home the crown.

Day 8 at the All England Club features the top women still remaining at Wimbledon with four quarterfinal matches scheduled for Tuesday, July 2. Three of those four matches are ones that you can’t afford to miss.

While Sabine Lisicki was incredible in her win over Serena Williams, her matchup against Kaia Kanepi isn’t very intriguing. One of the two is going to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, but a run to the title isn’t expected from either.

That being said, here’s an in-depth look at the other three women's quarterfinals for the eighth day at Wimbledon, including previous history at the tournament and results for the previous four rounds.

Sloane Stephens vs. Marion Bartoli

Sloane Stephens is starting to turn heads, as she’s had a ton of success this year at major tournaments. She reached the semifinals at the Australian Open before losing to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka, and gained the fourth round at the French Open where she fell to Maria Sharapova. Now, she’s in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

As Christopher Clarey of The New York Times points out, Stephens has represented her country very well at Grand Slams:

The last three matches for Stephens haven’t been a walk in the park. After winning in straight sets in the opening round, it’s taken an additional set in each match since for her to move on. She dropped her first set to Monica Puig in the fourth round but managed to win the second and then cruised to victory in the third.

Stephens will have a tough task in the quarterfinals, where she’ll be taking on Marion Bartoli. Bartoli crushed Karin Knapp in the fourth round to advance to the quarters for the third time in her career at Wimbledon, as noted by Ben Rothenberg of The New York Times:

Bartoli has been sensational throughout her first four matches, as she has yet to drop a set. While she only has seven aces thus far, she’s won at least 70 percent of her first-serve points in all four matches. Against Knapp, she won an incredible 84 percent of her first serves. Stephens will have to be on alert when Bartoli is serving. That could decide the winner.

Prediction: Stephens over Bartoli

Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Li Na

On Tuesday, Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na will face each other at Wimbledon for the third time.

Radwanska bounced Li from the Grand Slam event in the third round in 2009, but Li got her revenge in the fourth round a year later. So, who’s going to take the Wimbledon rubber match?

The fourth-seeded Radwanska nearly fell in the fourth round to Tsvetana Pironkova after dropping the first set. She played much better in the second and third sets to take home the victory and secure her berth in the quarterfinals. Erik Gudris of USA Today notes that she’s the highest seed left:

In order for Radwanska to make it to the semifinals at Wimbledon for the second time in her career, she’ll have to outlast Li. While Li has won four matches, she’s been very inconsistent and wasn’t sharp in either the second or third rounds, winning both in three sets before dominating Roberta Vinci in the fourth round.

Li has never made it to the Wimbledon semifinals. She was ousted in the quarterfinals back in 2006 and in 2010. In fact, she’s only made it to four semifinals in any of the four Grand Slams. She’ll need to avoid committing unforced errors, of which she is averaging 16 per match, to make this her fifth semifinal appearance.

Prediction: Radwanska over Li

Petra Kvitova vs. Kirsten Flipkens

This year marks the fourth year in a row that Petra Kvitova has reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

She made it to the semifinals in 2010 and won it all in 2011 over Sharapova. In order to have a chance to win her second title on the grass courts, she’ll have to get by the up-and-coming Belgian, Kirsten Flipkens.

Kvitova only has one impressive victory so far this tourney at the All England Club. It shouldn’t have taken her three sets to win her first-round matchup, and she walked over Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round. It took her another three sets to win in the third round, but was great in her fourth-round win over Carla Suarez Navarro.

Here’s a tweet from the WTA showcasing her victory:

Kvitova definitely has the advantage in terms of Grand Slam experience, as Flipkens is in the quarterfinals of a major tournament for the first time in her career. The furthest she has ever advanced at Wimbledon was the third round in 2009. Since then, she’s had little to no success.

This year has been different for Flipkens, who has yet to drop a set to any of her four opponents and has had a lot of success with her serve. She has 27 aces and has won at least 60 percent of her successful first serves. If she can continue serving like that, she has a solid chance at upending the former champion.

Kvitova and Flipkens have faced off twice before, but neither of the two matches was on grass. Kvitova won in 2011 at the Fed Cup and Flipkens won this March at the Sony Ericsson Open Miami.

Will it be the 2011 champion or the surging 27-year-old winning the third meeting?

Prediction: Kvitova over Flipkens