Women's field: Big names sent home

This has been some kind of crazy day in the women’s field at Wimbledon. Both Williams sisters are gone, and so is top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. You’d have to call Maria Sharapova the favorite heading into the quarterfinals, since she’s won a few majors, but either Sabine Lisicki and her big serve or Marion Bartoli and her tenaciousness could pose problems for Sharapova in the semifinals.

I like fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka to win her first major. And I caution fans against abandoning the tournament with only one household name among the final eight; Petra Kvitova and Lisicki have games suited to grass, and Azarenka is a really good player. There will be some entertaining matches the rest of the way.