LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at Wimbledon on Monday (times GMT):
1644 NOSKOVA DEFEATS KEYS
Ninth seed Linda Noskova beat former Australian Open champion Madison Keys 6-4 7-6(2) to reach Wimbledon’s quarter-finals for the first time.
1600 PAOLINI BEATS EALA
World number 17 and 2024 Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini ended Alexandra Eala’s trailblazing Wimbledon campaign, defeating the 21-year-old Filipina 6-4 4-6 6-3.
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1542 COBOLLI OUSTS DE MINAUR
Italian ninth seed and 2026 French Open finalist Flavio Cobolli marched into the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second successive year with a 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3 win over Australian fifth seed Alex de Minaur.
1446 MERTENS DEFEATS BOUZKOVA
Belgian 25th seed Elise Mertens, who beat world number two Elena Rybakina in the last round, overcame Czech 21st seed Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-4 to book her maiden Wimbledon quarter-finals ticket.
1233 KOSTYUK TAKES DOWN KRUEGER French Open semi-finalist and Ukrainian 12th seed Marta Kostyuk brushed aside American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger 6-4 6-4 to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time.
1006 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under sunny conditions at the All England Club, with temperatures around 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit).
WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
13-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v 29-Alexandra Eala (Philippines
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v Arthur Fery (Britain)
13-Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
5-Alex de Minaur (Australia) v 9-Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
26-Madison Keys (U.S.) v 9-Linda Noskova (Czech Republic)
6-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v 10-Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 12-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
21-Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) v 25-Elise Mertens (Belgium)
(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik, Paras J.Haji and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams)
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