By Chris Oddo | Sunday, June 29, 2014

Wimbledon's manic Monday won't be as manic this year. The rains have thrown a wrench in the schedule, as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s round of 16 matches will be held back until Tuesday in order to accommodate those men who have yet to play their third-round tilts (the whole bottom half of the men's singles draw will play its round of 16 matches on Tuesday). The women’s side will be similarly inconvenienced, there are two matches held over from Day 6 that need to be completed.

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So, instead of the customary 16 round of 16 tilts on Monday at Wimbledon—eight men’s singles and eight women’s singles—fans will get ten round of 16 battles mixed in with the four third-round matches that have yet to be concluded. Well, it wouldn’t be Wimbledon without the rain wreaking a little havoc, right?

Breaking Down the Big Four Ahead of Wimbledon's Week Four

Now, for a bit about the matchups:

Centre Court Matches:

Alize Cornet vs. Eugenie Bouchard

What will Alize Cornet have to offer just two days after the biggest win of her career? If her last win over Serena Williams is any indication, the Frenchwoman will be running on fumes. She defeated Serena Williams in Dubai only to be crushed by Venus Williams in the final the next day.

While Bouchard might seem like a step down from Serena Williams, the Canadian has been a better player than Williams at the Slams this year, reaching the semis in Australian and Roland Garros. She hasn’t lost a set at Wimbledon either, and her game has looked fine-tuned for grass as she has progressed.

“She puts so much pressure also visually because she steps so early into the court,” said Bouchard’s third-round victim, Andrea Petkovic. “I think she's very good in the first two shots: the return and the first shot and the serve and the first shot.”

Will Cornet have the skip in her step to contend with the hard-charging Canadian? After what she achieved on Saturday, it is certainly possible, but she’ll need another virtuoso performance because a letdown from Bouchard just doesn’t seem likely.

Andy Murray vs. Kevin Anderson

Murray, at Wimbledon, playing with full confidence, should prove to be too tall of an order for South Africa’s Kevin Anderson. But on the flipside, Anderson should be able to remain close to Murray with his gigantic serve and first-strike tactics. But anything other than straight sets would be a mild surprise.

Novak Djokovic vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

It’s hard to see Tsonga—who has lost his last eight matches against top ten opposition and who seems to have very little of that once abundant je ne sais quoi in his racquet—pulling the upset against the No. 1 seed, a player that he has now dropped eight straight against. But it is grass, and if Tsonga finds his range, this could be the match of the day.

If not we can all just go back and re-watch this beautiful point from their 2011 Wimbledon semifinal and still call it a win...

Court 1 Matches

Sabine Lisicki resumes with Ana Ivanovic

Lisicki took the first set 6-4, and the German will look to improve her record at Wimbledon to 22-5 with the win. even though Ana has had the far better season to date, It’s hard to see Lisicki letting this one slip from her grasp at her favorite venue and on her favorite surface.

Grigor Dimitrov vs. Leonardo Mayer

The Bulgarian wunderkind will look to reach his second Grand Slam quarterfinal of this his breakout season against Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer. It would be considered an utter failure if Dimitrov doesn’t go through, but world No. 64 Mayer is playing with house money already in his first round of 16 appearance at any Slam, so expect him to be loose as a goose.

Angelique Kerber vs. Maria Sharapova

Miss Sugarpova will get her first test--at least on paper--of the fortnight in the pugilistic Angelique Kerber, a former Wimbledon semifinalist who reached the Eastbourne final just a few weeks ago. Sharapova, who has lost just seven games in six sets, leads the head-to-head 4-1, but if she was pushed to three sets on her beloved clay against Kerber last spring, is there really any reason why Kerber can’t turn this one into a tense, dramatic fight for survival? We think not.

Other Day 7 Matches to Watch:

Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Peng

Kvitova has been to the quarterfinals in each of the last four seasons at Wimbledon, and it is really starting to feel like this could be the year the hard-serving lefty makes her return to a Grand Slam final. The draw has broke favorably for her. She’s 4-0 against Peng lifetime, and if she advance to the quarters, she’s be the heavy favorite against either Caroline Wozniacki or Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.

Ekaterina Makarova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska

Radwanska has taken the last three against the underrated Russian in straight sets, but the pressure will be on Poland’s No. 1 once again at Wimbledon, as she is now the highest-seeded player remaining in her half of the draw.