Linda Noskova acknowledged the proud history of Czech players at Wimbledon is in the back of her mind after impressively reaching the quarter-finals.

The 21-year-old dispatched former Australian Open champion Madison Keys in straight sets on Monday to set up a last-eight tie against Elise Mertens.

Ninth seed Noskova prevailed 6-4 7-6 (7-2) to join compatriot Karolina Muchova in the quarter-finals.

It is the first time two Czechs have made the women's singles last eight since Muchova and Karolina Pliskova got to this stage of the competition five years ago.

And Noskova is the youngest Czech player to reach the quarters since Petra Kvitova did so in 2011.

Kvitova is a two-time champion, while Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova prevailed at SW19 in two of the last three years, with Noskova delighted to see her country punching above its weight.

"It is something incredible," Noskova said, per the WTA website, after her win over Keys.

"Just to go down the history and see all these amazing players or to speak with them, I feel like I'm always just like a little kid seeing the celebrities or seeing someone that I looked up to.  It is always nice to look at that.

"I do have [the history] in the back of my mind, but it is not something that I am focusing on, that I want to be just like them or want to kind of keep going in the history.

"But obviously it would be such an achievement for our country, for our small country.

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"I'm trying to focus on myself. Just getting here and getting to a grand slam, getting to Wimbledon is an achievement, so we cannot forget that.

"Obviously, getting to such a stage in this tournament now is always a great achievement, especially when I feel great on court.

"I feel like I'm using all my game that I know and want to use on the grass, which have been working out for me for some weeks now. I'm glad that I keep going."

Noskova is in superb form on the grass, having claimed a WTA 500 title in Berlin on the surface last month, though she and Mertens have never played on the Tour before.

Mertens is the more experienced player, and this is also the first time she has reached the last eight.

Progressing with a 6-4 6-4 victory over another Czech, Marie Bouzkova, came as a relief to the Belgian, who had lost on her previous three trips to the fourth round at Wimbledon.

But she is on an impressive roll at the tournament, having superbly defeated former champion Elena Rybakina in round three.

"I was thinking that maybe this is my chance and, who knows, my last chance," said Mertens. "Maybe not, maybe yes, but I'm over 30 now.

"So, to eventually get it done, play the quarter-finals, is something amazing. I think I really had to believe in myself to do it."