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All-Star Line Up In Fourth Round

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Andy Murray© Getty ImagesAndy Murray has dropped just one set en route to the fourth round.

Such is the quality of the fourth-round line-up on Monday at The Championships, nearly 200 ardent tennis fans had already pitched their tents in the queue on Saturday night – prepared to camp out in Wimbledon Park over the weekend to buy a show-court ticket.

Roland Garros Final Re-Match
The golden ticket is for Centre Court on Monday, when Roger Federer will continue in his pursuit of a record 15th major singles title against Robin Soderling in a repeat of the Roland Garros final. The signs are ominous for the No. 12-ranked Soderling. The Swede has lost to Federer in all 10 of their previous meetings and comes up against the Swiss superstar in a rich vein of confidence having just achieved the career Grand Slam with his triumph at Roland Garros – where he dismissed Soderling in straight sets.

However, the 24-year-old Soderling is in the best form of his life – having knocked out Rafael Nadal in the fourth round at Roland Garros, where he reached his first Grand Slam final – and winning 13 of his past 15 matches. “It's tough to play against Roger,” said the Swede. “I've played him ten times, and after the match I never felt like I played well. But it's not because of me; I think it's because of him. It's tough to play well against him, put it that way. I'd like to improve everything from Paris.”

World No. 2 Federer has reached the Wimbledon final the past six years, winning the title on five consecutive occasions from 2003-07, and has not failed to reach the quarter-finals since 2002 – when he suffered a shock first-round loss to Mario Ancic. The 27 year old has lost just one set on his route through to the fourth round and is on a streak of hitting at least 10 aces in the past 14 matches he has played at Wimbledon since the third round in 2007. “I think it's going to be interesting to see how he's (Soderling) going to enter that match after coping with such a long tournament in Paris and see how fresh he still is. I've had success against him, but I know the danger because he hits extremely hard.”

Murray Marches On
Murray Mania continues to grip the home nation and the British star will be back on Centre Court on Monday against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka to continue his quest to become the first homegrown champion at The Championships since Fred Perry triumphed in 1936. The Scot is on an eight match-winning streak after claiming his first grass-court title at the Queen’s Club and has breezed through to the fourth round at Wimbledon with the loss of just one set. A year ago, Murray made a Grand Slam breakthrough as he fought back from a two-set deficit against Richard Gasquet to reach his first major quarter-final and will hope to match that success as he takes a 4-3 career lead into the clash against his good friend Wawrinka.

Hewitt Firing Up
Former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt is a familiar face due in fourth-round action against Radek Stepanek on the popular new Court 2. The 28-year-old Australian is the only man alongside Federer in the draw to have won the title and is looking to draw on the inspiration of his 2002 triumph as he bids to reach his first major quarter-final since the 2006 US Open. The right-hander, who has attracted boisterous crowds of Fanatics in his first three matches, takes a 2-0 career lead into the clash with the No. 23-ranked Stepanek – who is looking to reach the quarter-finals for the second time at Wimbledon (also 2006).

Quality Clashes Around The Grounds
Gracing the lawns on Court 1 are two eagerly anticipated fourth-round matches featuring seventh-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco as he looks to find a solution to ace-king Ivo Karlovic – both looking to reach the quarter-finals at SW19 for the first time - and two-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick, who takes on Czech No. 20 seed Tomas Berdych.

World No. 4 Novak Djokovic, who has been largely away from the media glare in the first week, looks to extend his stay at The Championships against Dudi Sela – the first Israeli to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon since Amos Mansdorf in 1989. The 22-year-old Djokovic is followed on to Court 3 by the lowest-ranked player remaining in the draw, No. 70 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who will hope to build on the success of his five-set win over No. 10 seed Fernando Gonzalez and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second time when he takes on No. 8 Gilles Simon – a player featuring in the round of 16 for the first time in four attempts.

Rounding out the fourth-round action, Russian No. 29 seed Igor Andreev challenges the oldest player remaining in the draw – the 31-year-old Tommy Haas, who is in a rich vein of form after preparing for The Championships by winning his first grass-court title on home soil in Halle (d. Djokovic).

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