WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams — players with a combined 12 Wimbledon titles — all won in straight sets yesterday to move into the fourth round and keep up their pursuit of even more championship trophies at the All England Club.

Six-time champion Federer beat David Nalbandian, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4, to move closer to equaling the record of seven Wimbledon singles titles held by Pete Sampras and 1880s player Willie Renshaw.

Two-time winner and defending champion Rafael Nadal committed only three unforced errors in a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-0 victory over Gilles Muller, a 92nd-ranked wild card from Luxembourg.

Williams, chasing a third straight title and fifth overall in her comeback from nearly a year out with serious health problems, served 10 aces in beating 26th-seeded Maria Kirilenko, 6-3, 6-2.

Another former champion, 2004 winner Maria Sharapova, also reached the round of 16, downing Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

Second-seeded Novak Djokovic overcame a spirited challenge from Marcos Baghdatis, winning, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the day’s last match on Centre Court that lasted three hours, 15 minutes. It was a rematch of their 2007 quarterfinal in which Djokovic won in five sets and five hours.

Djokovic, the Australian Open champion whose 43-match winning streak was stopped by Federer at the French Open, threw back his head and let out a roar after Baghdatis hit an errant forehand on the third match point. The two men embraced warmly and shared a laugh at the net.

Djokovic, who extended his career record to 5-0 against the Cypriot, smashed his racket in anger after losing a point in the second set and received a warning from the chair umpire. He’ll next face No 19 Michael Llodra of France.

Other winners included top-ranked woman Caroline Wozniacki, former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and last year’s runner-up Tomas Berdych.

No 5 Robin Soderling became the highest seeded man eliminated so far when he was beaten, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5, by 18-year-old Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic.

Tomic’s fourth-round opponent will be Belgium’s Xavier Malisse, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2002, who ousted 11th-seeded Jurgen Melzer in three sets.

Another tournament surprise is 93rd-ranked qualifier Lukasz Kubot, the first Polish player to reach the men’s fourth round here since Wojtek Fibak inn 1980. Kubot upset No 9 Gael Monfils, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The sun came out and the roof stayed open on Centre Court as the tournament completed all third-round matches in time for the traditional rest day on Sunday. Monday’s schedule will feature all men’s and women’s fourth-round matches, the busiest day in Grand Slam tennis.

Federer’s next opponent will be 18th-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, a Russian who downed No 16 Nicolas Almagro, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Nadal, who has met Federer in three finals, put on a masterful display on Court 1. In a match suspended because of darkness after the first set Friday, Nadal hit 36 winners and never lost serve against Muller — the last player other than Federer to beat the Spaniard at Wimbledon, in the second round in 2005.

It’s the first time Nadal has advanced to the round of 16 here without losing a set.

Williams picked up her first straight-set win in five matches since she returned this month after being away from the tour for nearly a year because of a series of health scares, including blood clots in her lungs.

The seventh-seeded American is trying to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win three consecutive titles at the All England Club.

Against Kirilenko, Williams saved the only break point she faced and put together a 32-9 edge in winners.

Williams next faces 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, the ninth-seeded Frenchwoman who beat Flavia Pennetta, 5-7, 6-4, 9-7.

Sharapova, the only champion in the women’s draw other than the Williams sisters, struggled with her game but still progressed relatively easily against Zakopalova.

Sharapova will next face 20th-seeded Peng Shuai of China, who beat Melinda Czink of Hungary, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Wozniacki, still looking for her first Grand Slam title, swept Jarmila Gajdosova, 6-3, 6-2.