Roger Federer looking strong as seven-time champion marches on at Wimbledon

Federer first reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2001 and then won the first of five straight titles in 2003.

Novak Djokovic was due to follow Nadal on court one.

Murray, who has battled hip pain, is the only one of the “Big Four” to have dropped a set in the first week. Djokovic is bidding to make the last-eight for the ninth time.

“There’s quite a few spots on the court, like just behind the baseline and just in front of the baseline, where there’s quite big lumps of grass, sort of nearly like little divots there, which I don’t remember really being the case”, he said.

Every player remaining in the tournament now takes to the court to fight for a place in the quarterfinals.

Murray – the world number one and defending champion – beat Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets 7-6 6-4 6-4 in the last 16.

The 31-year-old won this year’s French Open without dropping a set and he has kept up that run here – meaning he has now won 28 consecutive sets at the grand slams this year. Dimitrov is poised to surge back into the top 10 after nearly two-and-a-half years outside the elite, and says he will relish being involved on fourth-round day.

Reflecting on his win against Zverer, Federer said that it was fun to play against a “serve-and-volley” player, adding that he is now looking forward to come back with even stronger performance in the upcoming match.

Rafael Nadal was beaten in the fourth round at Wimbledon on Monday, losing to Gilles Muller 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13.

Garbine Muguruza eliminated Angelique Kerber from the Wimbledon tournament, a result that means the German will lose her No. 1 ranking.

Thiem is an up-and-coming star, and proved so by clobbering the Serb in Paris, but I feel that this meeting would be different. “I’ve managed it well and I think I’ve played some good stuff”. A loss at the Australian Open knocked her to no. 2, but with Serena Williams out, this is a great time for her to grab the last two Slams of the year.

This Grand Slam season has been just like old times.

Konta will play Simona Halep after the Romanian second seed’s 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 victory over Victoria Azarenka.

Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic, the runner-up previous year, was facing German 10th seed Alexander Zverev, who has never made the quarters of any major.

Magdalena Rybarikova, who missed almost seven months after last year’s Wimbledon because of injuries, is into the quarterfinals at the All England Club for the first time. It is unclear whether he intends to play in the Citi Open in Washington, as he has done in previous years.

Kuznetsova was the first to finish her match on Monday, beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4.

“Venus Williams won this tournament a few (five) times”.