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Williams and Barty through to week two at SW19

Ashleigh Barty following her victory over Harriet Dart
Ashleigh Barty following her victory over Harriet Dart

Serena Williams and Ashleigh Barty are comfortably through to round four of the women's singles at Wimbledon

Both won in straight-sets win with Williams defeating Julia Goerges, while top seed Barty ended the run of Britain's Harriet Dart. 

Williams needed just one break in each set to secure a 6-3 6-4 victory. 

It was a singles debut on Centre Court for Barty and Dart but the gulf was all too clear as the Australian wrapped up a 6-1 6-1 victory in just 53 minutes to reach the fourth round for the first time with a 15th consecutive victory.

The considerable consolation for Dart is that by reaching the third round she had far exceeded expectations and her ranking will rise from its current 182 into the top 140. 

Barty has not so much as dropped a set since the semi-finals of the French Open, winning the Nature Valley Classic title in Birmingham with five straight-sets victories, and she was simply far too good for Dart.

The British player's weak serve was taking a pounding, while she was having little success on Barty's. Dart did make it to 0-40 at 1-4 only for Barty to reel off three excellent points, and it was all over soon after.

The top seed will take on American Alison Riske on Monday. 

Johanna Konta battled back from a set down to sink Sloane Stephens and reach the last 16 at Wimbledon.
The British number one appeared on the brink of defeat with former US Open champion Stephens, seeded nine, dictating the match and errors creeping into Konta's game.

But Konta managed to stop the bleeding and haul herself level before a composed final set wrapped up a 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory and extended her 100 per cent record against Stephens to four matches.

The most recent of those wins was a 6-1 6-4 pummelling at the French Open in May, where Stephens was overrun by Konta's energy and intensity.

Elsewhere, fourth seed Kiki Bertens was upset by Barbora Strycova as another big name fell on the women's side.

Bertens, a quarter-finalist last year, saved match point in her second-round victory over Taylor Townsend but was unable to find the same powers of recovery as Strycova eased to a 7-5 6-1 victory.

The 33-year-old Czech is a known danger on grass. She made her debut at Wimbledon 16 years ago and reached the quarter-finals in 2014. 

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