RN Desk: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer can inch closer to a Wimbledon semi-final clash when they headline a delayed last-16 schedule on Tuesday.

World number one and second seed Nadal tackles Australian
wildcard Nick Kyrgios, the world number 144 who has enjoyed a
dream debut at the All England Club.

The 19-year-old is bidding to become the first player ranked
outside the top 100 to defeat a world number one since Andrei
Olhovskiy, ranked at 193, defeated Jim Courier in the third round
at Wimbledon in 1992.

“I never thought that I would be seeing Nadal in my fourth
round Wimbledon in my 19th year. I thought it would take years
and years of work to finally have an opportunity like that,” said
Kyrgios as he takes aim at the 14-time major winner.

“I have nothing to lose. Anything is possible. I’m just
going to go out there and play my game.”

Seven-time champion Federer takes on fellow 32-year-old
Tommy Robredo, the man who ended a 10-match losing streak to the
great Swiss at the US Open last year.

Robredo, the 23rd seed, is bidding to reach his first
Wimbledon quarter-final and complete a set of Grand Slam quarter-
final appearances.

He is also chasing his 100th Grand Slam match-win in his
50th Grand Slam tournament.

The other last-16 ties on Tuesday see fifth seeded
Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka face Feliciano Lopez of
Spain while Canadian eighth seed Milos Raonic takes on Japan’s
10th seed, Kei Nishikori.

All four matches should have been played on Monday but were
put back because of rain hitting the Saturday schedules which
left three third round matches still to be played.

The chaos had Wawrinka fuming as he faces the prospect of
playing five matches in seven days to win the title.

– Djokovic wants Sunday play –

Despite benefitting from the schedule, having completed his
third round duties on Thursday and last-16 tie on Monday, top
seed Novak Djokovic believes the All England Club should allow
play on the middle Sunday to create a level playing field.

“We have this tradition here of the middle Sunday when no
matches are played. This tradition was broken a couple of times,
and I remember a few years ago it was the case when they actually
had to play a few matches,” said Djokovic who won’t play again
until Wednesday when he faces Marin Cilic in the last-eight.

“So I think, we have to rethink about this Sunday in
between, because the day was beautiful. It was no rain, and the
whole day there was no match played. No other Grand Slam has this
particular rule.

“We all know that tradition is something that is nurtured
here at the All England Club, and we respect that. But there are
some rules that I believe should be updated, changed, you know,
for the better of the schedule and for the better of the
players.”

Play on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon has only taken place
three times in history — the most recent year was 2004.

Three women’s last-16 matches will also be played on Tuesday
along with two quarter- finals.

Title favourite Maria Sharapova, the 2004 champion, had her
fourth round tie with Angelique Kerber put back 24 hours. The
Russian star has a 4-1 career lead over the German, a semi-
finalist in 2012.

In the other last-16 match-ups, third-ranked Simona Halep,
the highest seed left after the third round defeats of Serena
Williams and Li Na, plays Kazakh outsider Zarina Diyas.

Sabine Lisicki, the 2013 runner-up, tackles another Kazakh,
Yaroslava Shvedova.

The two scheduled quarter-finals will see 2011 champion
Petra Kvitova take on fellow Czech, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
who knocked out Li Na.

Lucie Safarova, the third Czech in the last eight, faces
Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova for a semi-final spot.