It’s just another Manic Monday: Your guide to all 16 matches at Wimbledon
- Manic Monday sees every fourth round singles match played at Wimbledon
- The second week of the championships gets underway with a busy schedule
- Sportsmail’s Mike Dickson runs the rule over every last 16 encounter at SW19
Manic Monday promises to be another thrilling day of action at Wimbledon.
All fourth round singles matches, in both the men’s and women’s competitions, are scheduled and a feast of tennis action awaits.
Here, Sportsmail’s Mike Dickson runs the rule over every last 16 encounter.
Manic Monday sees all fourth round singles matches scheduled on a bumper day of action
Men
Novak Djokovic v Ugo Humbert
The 21-year-old Frenchman has emerged from one the draw’s weaker sections to face the top seed. Difficult to see him having the class to upset the Serb, who is successfully ignoring off-court distractions of tennis politics.
David Goffin v Fernando Verdasco
Kyle Edmund’s conqueror Verdasco will have been delighted to make the last 16, but now he comes across the compact and highly skilled Belgian. A first Wimbledon quarter-final beckons for Goffin.
Guido Pella v Milos Raonic
Argentine Pella played some nice stuff to take down last year’s finalist Kevin Anderson in the previous round. Raonic, beaten by Andy Murray in the 2016 final, is the favourite to reach the quarter-finals for a fourth consecutive year.
Milos Raonic, beaten by Andy Murray in the 2016 final, is the favourite to defeat Guido Pella
Roberto Bautista Agut v Benoit Paire
Paire, the mercurial Frenchman with a fine backhand, hasn’t always appreciated Wimbledon but his record here is becoming pretty solid. Spain’s Bautista Agut, who turned down a football career with Villarreal, is a tough customer, so it should be close.
Sam Querrey v Tennys Sandgren
Big-serving Querrey loves the grass and is favoured to beat his American compatriot, the late developer that is tennis-playing Tennys Sandgren from Tennessee. But Sandgren is back to the form that saw him reach the Australian Open quarter-finals last year.
Joao Sousa v Rafa Nadal
Coming through that second round versus Nick Kyrgios has been huge for Nadal and put him in the perfect place. Sousa showed what a dogged fighter he is against Dan Evans, but Nadal always lifts it in the second week of Slams.
Coming through that second round clash versus Nick Kyrgios has been huge for Rafa Nadal
Kei Nishikori v Mikhail Kukushkin
Perennial bridesmaid Nishikori has avoided his usual trap of getting dragged into early round lengthy five-setters. He needs to watch out against the flat-hitting Kazakh, who downed American giant John Isner in the second round.
Matteo Berrettini v Roger Federer
The brawny Italian grew up a Federer fan and has been talked about within the game as a quietly rising star. The Swiss knows every blade of grass on Centre Court, but Berrettini should test Federer if he is slightly off his game. This is not a totally foregone conclusion.
Women
Ashleigh Barty v Alison Riske
The Australian Barty has carried her form from the French Open on to the grass and should have too many tools in her box for the world No 55, who nonetheless has plenty of grass-court form behind her.
Serena Williams v Carla Suarez Navarro
The long-serving, diminutive Spanish baseliner Suarez Navarro is extremely solid. Williams, however, was much-improved on Saturday and started to resemble her old self, so this looks like a ticket into the last eight.
Serena Williams was much-improved on Saturday and started to resemble her old self
Barbora Strycova v Elise Mertens
The Belgian Mertens has an expansive game which will be pitted against one of the canniest performers on the women’s tour who maximises everything she has got. One will emerge as a surprise quarter finalist.
Jo Konta v Petra Kvitova
A very tough draw for the lone British survivor against the 2011 and 2014 champion, who looks to have benefited from keeping herself fresh for Wimbledon. Another outstanding performance from JoKo is required for her to have a chance.
Elina Svitolina v Petra Martic
Ukrainian Svitolina had a dip in the spring that coincided with her having a relationship with French player Gael Monfils. She looks to have emerged from the slump, but faces the talented Croatian who made the Paris quarter-finals.
Karolina Muchova v Karolina Pliskova
This might yet be the year when the big-serving Pliskova finally realises her potential at Wimbledon. She leads the tournament aces table with 29. In this tussle between two of the four Czech women left, Pliskova can be expected to have too much for Muchova.
Karolina Pliskova leads the tournament aces table with 29 and should reach the quarter-finals
Simona Halep v Coco Gauff
Easily the biggest test yet for the teenage Gauff, facing the former world No 1, whose best result at Wimbledon was a semi-final appearance in 2014. Halep covers the court brilliantly and this is likely to be a fond farewell to Coco, unless the Romanian feels the pressure of facing a young foe.
Shuai Zhang v Dayana Yastremska
A real surprise fourth round match as neither player had won a main draw match here before this year. The Chinese has it on experience, the Ukrainian teenager with a decent serve on promise.
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