Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne ended Mary Pierce's revival at Wimbledon today, beating the former world number three 6-3 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
Pierce, who slipped outside the top 50 last year after struggling to overcome back problems, provided stiff resistance early in both sets but was gradually overwhelmed by third seed Henin's pinpoint groundstrokes.
The French Open champion showed no sign of the hand injury that forced her out of the final in Den Bosch the week before Wimbledon - clinching a routine victory on her third match point in 53 minutes.
Henin, a finalist here in 2001, will play the winner of the all-Russian clash between Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last eight.