Wimbledon: Gauff, Keys, Korda to play on 'Manic Monday'

Coco Gauff, Madison Keys and Sebastian Korda will represent Team USA in singles Round-of-16 play at Wimbledon, with all three set to take the court on "Manic Monday" at the All England Club.

It will be the last Manic Monday at Wimbledon—the colloquial title given to the day in which the entirety of the men's and women's singles last-16 slate has traditionally been played—with the tournament set to host play on Middle Sunday from 2022. By removing that built-in rest day, the schedule for Wimbledon's second Monday will be reduced going forward.

Gauff, seeded 20th, booked her place in the last 16 with her third straight-sets victory of the London fortnight. She defeated Slovenia's Kaja Juvan, 6-3, 6-3, on Centre Court to reach the second week at Wimbledon for the first time since her Cinderella debut in 2019. She has now reached the fourth round in consecutive majors for the first time in her young career, after a quarterfinal run at the French Open in June. 

Days after being named to the U.S. Olympic team for Tokyo 2020, Gauff will return to Centre Court for her third straight match on Monday. She will face No. 25 seed and 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber.

On the other half of the women's draw, Keys got past No. 13 seed Elise Mertens, 7-5, 6-3, to reach the last 16 for the third time in London. (She reached the quarters in 2015 and the fourth round in 2016.) She will face the unseeded Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland on Monday.

On the men's side, Korda made a successful Centre Court debut as he defeated Britain's Dan Evans, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. After taking out the local favorite and No. 22 seed, the Wimbledon debutant now draws the 25th-seeded Karen Khachanov in the last 16. The Russian will be Korda's third seeded opponent in four Wimbledon matches, after he dismissed No. 15 Alex de Minuar in four opening-round sets.

Just as in the singles events, then entirety of the men's and women's doubles Round of 16 will also be played on Monday. Six Americans are safely into Round 3, including two all-U.S. duos. On the women's side, the No. 12 seeds Gauff and Caty McNally are joined by the 14th-seeded duo of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula. Also into the last 16 is Caroline Dolehide, alongside Aussie Storm Sanders. In the men's draw, Rajeev Ram is into Round 3 with Britain's Joe Salisbury. Both Pegula and Ram will join Gauff in representing Team USA at the Olympics later this month. 

Ram is also into the third round in the mixed event, partnering with another Tokyo Olympian in Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Four other Americans are still alive in the mixed event: Venus Williams (into Round 2 with Nick Kyrgios), Nicole Melichar (into Round 2 with Édouard Roger-Vasselin), Desirae Krawczyk (into Round 3 with Neal Skupski) and Hayley Carter (into Round 3 with Sander Gillé). Williams and Melichar will square off against each other in their second-round match on Monday.

The Wimbledon junior singles events also begin on Monday, with No. 4 seed Bruno Kuzuhara and No. 7 Alexandra Yepfianova leading the Americans in the boys' and girls' draws, respectively.

For Monday's complete schedule, full draws, and more, visit the official Wimbledon website.