Tennis Tennis Goerges into Wimbledon quarters to end Grand Slam drought The 13th seed defeated Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-2. AFP 09 July, 2018 19:27 IST Goerges was competing in her first Wimbledon last 16 tie after five successive opening round defeats at the All England Club. - Twitter AFP 09 July, 2018 19:27 IST Julia Goerges is through to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time after the German 13th seed beat Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-2 on Monday.Follow Wimbledon LiveGoerges was competing in her first Wimbledon last 16 tie after five successive opening round defeats at the All England Club.The 29-year-old rose to the occasion, sweeping aside world number 55 Donna Vekic, who defeated US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the first round and was also chasing a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final berth.Goerges takes on Dutch 20th seed Kiki Bertens for a place in the semi-finals.She will be making her Grand Slam last eight debut in her 42nd appearance at the majors.Goerges had previously reached the fourth round of Grand Slams on five occasions without a victory. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.