Monday, 8 July 2019 10:15 AM BST
Day 7: Five things to watch

Youngest since 1991

Manic Monday, they call it. After a day off on Sleepy Middle Sunday, it's the grass court scramble involving all men's and women's singles players who have made it through to the fourth round. Perhaps more than any another day in the Fortnight, there's a frantic energy and tension to the All England Club on the second Monday. But expect {Cori Gauff}, the youngest player to reach the last 16 since Jennifer Capriati in 1991, to be among the calmest athletes on the grass.

On a six-match run at The Championships, with three victories in the qualifying competition and three more in the main draw, the 15-year-old next plays Romania's {Simona Halep} for a place in the quarter-finals.

Halep is a former world No.1, but Gauff has already beaten one of those during the Fortnight: her idol {Venus Williams} in the first round. A first-time Wimbledon finalist is guaranteed in the bottom half - Gauff's half - of the draw, as none of the remaining eight players have previously reached the second Saturday here.

 

Barty's winning streak

Everything is new for {Ashleigh Barty} at the moment. The Australian's winning streak, currently at 15 matches, keeps on putting her in new situations. Winning Roland-Garros brought her a first Grand Slam title. Winning a grass court title in Birmingham took her to No.1 in the rankings.

This is the first time she has played a major as the top seed. And by extending that streak to 15 matches, she has made the second week of The Championships for the first time. She plays American {Alison Riske}, with the winner to go through to play {Serena Williams} or Spain's {Carla Suarez Navarro}. 

Federer nears century

If {Roger Federer} defeats Italy's {Matteo Berrettini} on Monday, and then also beats either Japan's {Kei Nishikori} or Kazakhstan's {Mikhail Kukushkin} on Wednesday, the Swiss will reach 100 match wins at Wimbledon. Federer is attempting to land a ninth Wimbledon singles title.

History lessons for Konta and Kvitova

In the 42 years since a British woman last lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish - which was Virginia Wade in 1977 - Czech-born players have won a dozen Wimbledon ladies' singles titles. Nine of those are Martina Navratilova's, while Jana Novotna was the champion once, and {Petra Kvitova} has won this tournament twice already, in 2011 and 2014. That history will weigh heavily on the fourth round match between Britain's {Johanna Konta}, the semi-finalist here two years ago, and Kvitova. Aside from {Serena Williams}, Kvitova is the only former champion left in the draw.

A first for Portugal

A Portuguese man had never previously reached the last 16 at the All England Club. That changed on Saturday evening when {Joao Sousa} won a five-setter against Britain's {Daniel Evans}, taking him through to all-Iberian match with Spain's {Rafael Nadal}.