Fifteen-year-old Cori Gauff’s fairytale Wimbledon continues on manic Monday when she faces former world number one Simona Halep.
Top seed Ashleigh Barty, Serena Williams and Britain’s last remaining singles hope Johanna Konta are all in action as well as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Here, PA previews the seventh day of action.
Order of play
Cya on Manic Monday 🤸🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/CDoeEpFWsg
— Ash Barty (@ashbar96) July 6, 2019
Centre Court
Joao Sousa v Rafael Nadal
Johanna Konta v Petra Kvitova
Matteo Berrettini v Roger Federer
Court One
Serena Williams v Carla Suarez Navarro
Simona Halep v Cori Gauff
Novak Djokovic v Ugo Humbert
Other courts
Ashleigh Barty v Alison Riske (first on Court Two)
Karolina Muchova v Karolina Pliskova (second on Court Two)
David Goffin v Fernando Verdasco (second on Court Three)
Brit watch
Konta is the only one flying the flag for Britain now in the singles after Dan Evans and Harriet Dart bit the dust on Saturday. The 28-year-old has Centre Court billing against Petra Kvitova.
Match of the day
Hair raising stuff @Wimbledon today! 👊🙌😁🎾❤️ pic.twitter.com/oYVo4XZU1i
— Johanna Konta (@JohannaKonta) July 6, 2019
Konta has got a huge job on her hands if she is to make the quarter-finals. Kvitova, a two-time champion at SW19, has yet to drop a set so far and has spent just over three-and-a-half hours on court. But the battling qualities the Brit showed when coming back from one-set down against Sloane Stephens will stand her in good stead against the Czech, who is also hampered by an arm injury. A three-setter may be on the cards.
Potential Upset
Petra Martic has steadily gone about her business at Wimbledon with deciding-set victories over Jennifer Brady, Anastasia Potapova and Danielle Collins. The Croatian has had a good season and won her first WTA title in Istanbul in April. Eighth seed Elina Svitolina has beaten her in their last three matches, including twice at the French Open, but this will be their first meeting on grass. The Ukrainian was going out until Margarita Gasparyan retired with injury in the second round and only just squeezed past Maria Sakkari in the last, meaning world number 24 Martic could pull off a shock.
