The five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has returned to the quarter-finals at the All England Club with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 19-year-old Ana Konjuh of Croatia. She is joined in the last eight by her compatriot CoCo Vandeweghe, who beat the No5 seed Caroline Wozniacki. There was more success for the US in the men’s draw as Sam Querrey beat Kevin Anderson in five sets to set up a meeting with the reigning champion, Andy Murray. Querrey also reached the last eight last year after his upset victory over Novak Djokovic.

The 37-year-old Williams made her grand slam debut at the 1997 French Open, seven months before Konjuh was born.

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Williams served impeccably, hitting seven aces and winning 31 of 36 first-serve points. Williams will next face the French Open champion, Jelena Ostapenko, in the quarter-finals. The 20-year-old Latvian, who won her first tour-level title at Roland Garros last month, beat fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 on Court 12.

Vandeweghe is into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after her 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 victory on No3 Court. The 24th-seeded American had eight aces while Wozniacki had zero.

Wozniacki has yet to reach the quarter-finals at the All England Club in 11 appearances but has advanced to that stage at the other three grand slam events, including two US Open finals. Vandeweghe also made it to the quarter-finals at the All England Club two years ago, when she lost to Maria Sharapova.

It was Williams’ first match since police in Florida rescinded their original conclusion that she was at fault in a two-car crash last month. A passenger in the other vehicle died about two weeks later. Police said on Friday that video showed Williams legally entered the intersection and now no blame has been determined in the accident.

Williams has enjoyed late career success over the last 12 months. She reached the semi-finals at last year’s Wimbledon and reached the final of the Australian Open – her first grand slam final since 2009 – in January, where she lost to her sister, Serena.