Fourth Round Monday is upon us at Wimbledon as the second week of the Grand Slam kicks into full gear.
All 16 men's and women's fourth round matches will be played Monday with Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and of course home favorite Andy Murray set for Centre Court action.
Williams starts proceedings with a tricky match against German number 23 seed Sabine Lisicki, whose powerful serve on the grass courts could pose a problem or two to the defending champion.
"It will be a really good match," Williams said. "I feel like she's serving massive. I feel like she plays some of her best tennis on grass. She always pulls an upset. It will be a really tough match for me. I have to get serious to play it."
Williams has been in irresistible form this year and shows no sign of stopping, easing past veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the third round to setup the fourth round meeting against Lisicki.
"I feel like I'm moving well," Williams added. "I feel like I'm covering the court OK. You know, I'm pretty much insatiable. There's always room that I look to improve. I would love to improve my serve, I would love to improve my return. I think my return was better today (in the third round) than it was in my last match. Hopefully I can continue to ameliorate those areas of my game."
Following Williams on Centre Court will be Murray, who will have to negotiate dangerous Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the fourth round.
"Youzhny, I think I've only played him once on the tour maybe," Murray said. "I think only once. But he's a very good grass court player. He was in the final in Halle. Had a very tight match with Roger (Federer) there. Pretty sure he's been in the quarters here. He's been in the second week numerous times. He likes the courts. He's a very talented guy."
The beginning of Wimbledon was dominated by a potential quarterfinal matchup between Rafael Nadal and Federer, with Murray set to face the winner of that match.
However, with both Nadal and Federer out of Wimbledon, Murray feels the pressure has only increased with the Brit expected to at least reach the final.
"I think there's a lot more pressure on me now with them being out," he said. "I mean, I don't read the papers and stuff. But there are papers in the locker room, so you see some of the headlines and stuff. It's not that helpful," Murray added with a smile.
"But, yeah, you need to be professional enough to not let that stuff bother you and just concentrate on each match."
Djokovic is set to play the final match on Centre Court and probably the most intriguing one with the world number one and 2011 champ locking horns with German Tommy Haas.
On Court No. 1, home hope Laura Robson takes on Kaia Kanepi while a slugfest can be expected between Bernard Tomic and Tomas Berdych.
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