Djokovic, Federer and teenage hope top Wimbledon bill on final 'Manic Monday'

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Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer headline the final 'Manic Monday' at Wimbledon with the two Grand Slam heavyweights looking to edge closer to a dream title showdown.

World number one Djokovic, chasing a sixth Wimbledon and record-equalling 20th major, is already halfway to becoming just the third man to complete a calendar Grand Slam. 

The Serb faces Chilean 17th seed Cristian Garin who had never previously won a main draw match at the tournament before this year.

Federer, just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday, is in the Wimbledon last 16 for the 18th time.

"It's just very, very impressive to see what he's doing this year," said Federer whose third round win over Cameron Norrie gave him the 1,250th victory of his career.

There will be a further tweak in the schedule this week with the All England Club announcing that they will move to full capacity crowds from Tuesday's quarter-finals onwards.

Polish 14th seed Hurkacz is the only player in the fourth round not to have dropped serve.

He can reach the quarter-finals of a Slam for the first time by beating Russian 25th seed Karen Khachanov.

Denis Shapovalov, the Canadian 10th seed who put out two-time winner Andy Murray in the last round, faces Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut, a semi-finalist in 2019.

While Sonego faces Federer, seventh seed Matteo Berrettini faces Ilya Ivashka of Belarus, the 27-year-old world number 79 who had only previously won one match at a major before this Wimbledon. 

The only British player left in the singles draw is 18-year-old Emma Raducanu who has defied her ranking of 338 to make the second week where she meets Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.

"BIBLICAL," Gallagher tweeted in response to Raducanu's third round win over Sorana Cirstea.

Gauff, 17, is bidding to become the youngest woman to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final since Maria Sharapova in 2004.

Belarus second seed Aryna Sabalenka faces 18th seeded Elena Rybakina.

Rybakina has won a tournament-leading 96% of her service games in the opening three rounds.

Samsonova, ranked 65, has made the most of her wild card to register her best ever performance at a Slam.

Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek, the seventh seed who had won just one match in grass on the main tour before Wimbledon, takes on Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, the 21st seed.

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Originally published as Djokovic, Federer and teenage hope top Wimbledon bill on final 'Manic Monday'