WIMBLEDON — After a slew of upsets in the first three rounds, things have settled down in the bottom half of the draw.
Six of the eight players left are seeded. Three of them — No. 4 Iga Swiatek, No. 7 Mirra Andreeva and No. 10 Emma Navarro — are ranked among the PIF WTA Rankings Top 10.
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The two unseeded players: Tokyo Olympic singles gold medalist Belinda Bencic, mounting a comeback after giving birth to daughter Bella, and 22-year-old Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, ranked No. 66.
With the losses by Elena Rybakina and Barbora Krejcikova, a first-time Wimbledon champion is guaranteed.
Monday’s order of play
Centre Court: 13:30 start
No. 6 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 11 Alex de Minaur
No. 7 Mirra Andreeva vs. No. 10 Emma Navarro
No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 19 Grigor Dimitrov
No.1 Court: 13:00 start
No. 18 Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic
No. 10 Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
No. 8 Iga Swiatek vs. No. 23 Clara Tauson
No.2 Court: 11:00 start
No. 22 Flavio Cobolli vs. Marin Cilic
No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Breaking down Monday’s fourth-round matches
No. 7 Mirra Andreeva vs. No. 10 Emma Navarro
Head-to-head: 1-0, Andreeva, a 6-2, 6-2 win in the 2024 Cincinnati Round of 64.
Mirra Andreeva was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Hailey Baptiste, while Navarro defeated defending champion Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Match fact: Andreeva is the youngest woman to reach the fourth round at each of the first three Grand Slam events of the season since Nicole Vaidisova in 2006.
No. 8 Iga Swiatek vs. No. 23 Clara Tauson
Head-to-head: 1-0, Swiatek, three years ago in the Round of 32 at Indian Wells in three sets.
Tauson defeated No. 11 Elena Rybakina 7-6 (6), 6-3 and later Swiatek was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Danielle Collins.
Match fact: Swiatek now holds the 11th highest winning percentage in women’s singles Grand Slam events in the Open Era (82.8%, 96-20), surpassing Martina Hingis (82.7%).
No. 18 Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic
Head-to-head: 4-all, with Alexandrova winning the most relevant meeting, 6-1, 6-2 two weeks ago in Bad Homburg’s first round.
Alexandrova was a 6-3, 7-6 (1) winner over Zeynep Sonmez while Bencic defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 [7].
Match fact: In the past seven years, only Ons Jabeur (41) has claimed more WTA main-draw wins on grass court than Ekaterina Alexandrova’s 37 over that span.
No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Head-to-head: 0-0.
Samsonova was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over No. 16 Daria Kasatkina and Bouzas Maneiro defeated Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Match fact: Best result at a Grand Slam has been Round of 16 finish — four times including 2021 Wimbledon.