Eugenie Bouchard is in women's quarter-final action at Wimbledon today. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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Predict in haste, repent at leisure. I'm picking Halep, Murray, Federer on Centre; Bouchard, Djokovic and Raonic on court No1. Surely Nick Kyrgios has to suffer some reaction to yesterday's fantasy win over Nadal . If not, the kid's officially a visitor from outer-space.
Over on court No1, the schedule looks like this.
Rising star Eugenie Bouchard vs Angelique Kerber. Top-seed Novak Djokovic against the dangerous Marin Cilic. Giant killer Nick Kyrgios vs eighth-seed Milos Raonic.
And here's what lies in wait. Play begins on Centre at 12pm.
The first course: third-seed Simona Halep vs 2013 finalist Sabine Lisicki. The entree: Britain's Andy Murray vs hard-hitting Grigor Dimitrov. The Swiss dessert: Roger Federer against third-ranked Stan Wawrinka.
Here's a recap of Wimbledon's tumultuous Tuesday.
Teenage wildcard Nick Kyrgios provided the shock of the tournament, belting the ball without fear to shove Rafael Nadal to the sidelines. Angelique Kerber required seven points to see off Maria Sharapova at the end of a pulsating three-set battle on Centre. Sabine Lisicki resorted to a controversial injury time-out en-route to a place in the Wimbledon quarters. And Serena Williams succumbed to a virus that forced her to withdraw from the doubles. Her legs were slow, her vision was poor, and her first serve could barely reach the net. I'm now wondering if this is the same virus I've been suffering from for the past few decades.
Hello and welcome to day nine at Wimbledon. We have seen upsets and outbursts, sunshine and downpours, staggering exits and gaudy new arrivals. Yesterday was carnage and today could be hell. The forecast is for soaring temperatures and rising tension as we are pitched, without a pause, into the quarter-final stage.
Xan will be here shortly.
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