Middle Sunday (prelude to canonical Manic Monday) will disappear from the Wimbledon calendar starting with the next edition. Out of the heap of traditions the canonical twenty-four hours of detachment between Saturday and Monday.
Here’s the ‘Manic Monday’
The day dedicated to all the round of 16 will be able to count on the presence of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer this year. For the first time since 1955, the Italian flag will appear in two parts of the board thanks to Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego.
At the same time, only three of the top ten players in the world are available to the organizers. The situation On court No. 12 Matteo Berrettini will open the program, fresh from three convincing hits and looking for the first quarter of his career on the championship turf.
He will be measured against Ilya Ivashka, a player who among other things also lost the only previous game (dated 2017 and in the minor circuit) on the hard court of Portoroz. Instead, the program on center court will close, around 6:00 p.m., the match between Roger Federer and Lorenzo Sonego.
Obviously on the hunt for the most prestigious coup of his career. Novak Djokovic will face Christian Garin in the first game at the Central, at 2.30 pm, it will be Coco Gauff and Angelique Kerber to put the icing on the cake on the day.
World number one Ashleigh Barty, on her way to meet Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova, will play on Court 1 at 14:00, following the match between Alexander Zverev and Auger Aliassime.
Hubert Hurkacz vs. Daniil Medvedev at the end of the day on Court No. 2. Here’s the full schedule:
- Center court – from 2.30 pm
- [1] N. Djokovic contra [17] C. Garin
- [20] C. Gauff contra [25] A.
Kerber
- [6] R. Federer c. [23] L. Sonego Court N.
- 1 – from 2 pm
- [1] A. Barty – [14] B. Krejcikova
- [16] F. Auger-Aliassime – [4] A. Zverev
- E. Raducanu vs – A. Tomljanovic Court N.2 – from 12 noon
- [7] I. Swiatek – [21] O.
Jabeur
- M. Fucsovics – [5] A. Rublev
- [14] H. Hurkacz – [2] D. Medvedev Court N.
- 3 of 12
- [18] E. Rybakina – [2] A. Sabalenka
- [10] D. Shapovalov – [8] R. Bautista Agut Court N. 12 from 12 noon
- [7] M. Berrettini – I.
Ivashka
- [8] To. Pliskova – L. Samsonova
- [30] P. Badosa – [19] K. Muchova Court No. 18 from 12 noon
- [25] K.
- Khachanov – S. Korda
- [23] M. Keys – V. Golubic
- Photo Credit: Getty Images
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