Venus Williams arrives at Wimbledon amid very tight security at the All England Club

Williams resumes a set ahead against Akiko Morigami but the Japanese player hits back to take the second set

A shock seems on the cards when Venus is broken in the third set but she prevails, winning 6-2 3-6 7-5

Having come close to crashing out of the tournament, Venus' relief at getting through is clear

Justine Henin wins the first set 6-2 against Patty Schnyder on Centre Court after rain delays the start of their match

Schnyder is unable to respond and Henin completes a 6-2 6-2 victory to take her place in the quarter-finals

Rafael Nadal wins the first set of his match against Robin Soderling 6-4 and breaks the Swede early in the next set

Nadal wins the set 6-4 but Soderling battles hard and manages to cause him some problems

The third set enters a tie-break and Nadal misses a match point before the rain returns with the score 6-4 6-4 6-6 (7-7)

The players return and Soderling breaks Nadal for 8-7 then holds serve to win the set against the second seed

Nadal loses the fourth set but breaks Soderling in the decider before rain returns with the score 4-6 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 0-2

Czech Tomas Berdych is through after beating South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee in straight sets

Tamira Paszek, at 16 the youngest player left in either of the main draws, beats 12th seed Elena Dementieva 3-6 6-2 6-3

Serena Williams is two games into her match against Daniela Hantuchova when the rain intervenes and play is suspended

An attempt to restart play is made but the rain returns and the covers are brought back on

When play finally resumes, Serena quickly wraps up the opening set and looks on course for victory

But Serena struggles in the second set and appears to be in serious trouble when she suffers an injury

Barely able to move and trailing in a tie-break, the American gets a massive slice of luck when rain halts play once again

The players return to Centre Court after a lengthy rain delay and Hantuchova wraps up the second set tie-break 7-2

In an incredible deciding set, Williams recovers from her injury to break the Slovakian twice to seal a 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 win