The last match on Centre Court on the seed-packed 2nd monday at Wimbledon featured an all-Serbian clash between the unseeded Victor Troicki and his popular compatriot, the world no.1 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic breezed past his unheralded opponent in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 to book his spot in the quarter-finals. The world no.1 stamped his authority early on in the match, out maneuvering his fellow Serbian time and again using his powerful and consistent groundstrokes and his amazing court coverage. This domineering win also sends an ominous and foreboding message to the other players left in the draw that he is the "man to beat" and it is going to take something special to knock the champion off his quest of defending his Wimbledon crown.

Djokovic came out of the blocks firing, holding serve with consummate ease and breaking his compatriot's serve in just the 4th game of the first set. However, Troicki reciprocated the favor in the very next game thanks to some fearless and aggressive play of his own. There is a reason why Djokovic is considered the best returner in the game today and it manifested in the very next game, as a third consecutive break followed rather effortlessly as Djokovic kept his nose in front. This time, though, he did not relinquish the lead, holding serve throughout the remainder of the set to bag it in just under an hour.

The 6-time Wimbledon champion and world no.3, Roger Federer, worked his way past his unseeded opponent, Xavier Malisse in four entertaining sets to proceed to a record 33rd Grand Slam quarter-final in a row, a record which started at this very venue eight years back. With Federer's movement looking compromised right from the outset, an upset was certainly on the cards and a medical time out taken for a back spasm by the Swiss after the 7th game of the first set further added to the anxiety of the crowd. However, the Swiss Maestro put all those unwarranted apprehensions to rest by raising the tempo in the deciding tie breaker of the first set to bag it with ease. The second set saw the return of "exhibition Federer" of the first 2 rounds, which left Malisse with no choice but to admire the genius that was unfolding before his very eyes. Though a slight dip in concentration resulted in Federer losing the third set, the Swiss righted the ship in the fourth to wrap up his efforts in 131 minutes, winning the match 7-6(1), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

From the beginning of the first set, Federer's movement and footwork appeared to be compromised, which resulted in the Swiss Maestro going down a couple of break points, but some clutch serving saw off those, allowing the legend to stay on level terms with Malisse. Nevertheless, Federer was unable to make any sort of impact on the Belgian's serve with Malisse coasting through his service games, hardly losing points. The reason for the Swiss's hampered play presented itself at the seventh game when he availed a medical time-out for a back ache.

The quarter-final line-up for the Ladies singles event at Wimbledon was finalized today and has an even share of the usual suspects and some exciting surprises. The shock of the day was provided by German powerhitter Sabine Lisicki who ensured that the decade long barren run of the reigning French Open champions would continue on the green lawns of Wimbledon as she took some long overdue revenge against world no.1 Maria Sharapova, for ousting her from the semi-finals of Wimbledon last year, beating the former champion 6-4, 6-3.

The surprises did not end there with 8th seed Angelique Kerber making it double delight for the German fans by picking up her 44th win of the season, thrashing crowd favourite (though unseeded) Belgian Kim Clijsters, 6-1, 6-1 in just 49 minutes. A disappointing way for the 3-time US Open champion to end her last match at Wimbledon. Though she is likely to be back in a couple of weeks time for the Olympics. The two Germans will collide with each other in a blockbuster quarter-final.

Sabine Lisicki against Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber against Kim Clijsters – the German players have a tough job on their hands in the round of the last 16 in Wimbledon. But Anke Huber is confident they are both in with a good chance of winning through to the last eight at the world's most famous tennis tournament on Monday. "They've both definitely got the class," said the former top 10 player and currently the Operating Tournament Director at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. "A tournament like Wimbledon is a law unto itself. There's a surprise a day."

To enter the second week at the All England Championships is a big success in itself and something quite special. "When play begins again after the day off on Sunday, then it's like a new start. It's a feeling players don't experience at any of the other Grand Slams," said Anke Huber. Whilst Angelique Kerber has made it to the second week of Wimbledon for the very first time, Sabine Lisicki last year sensationally went all the way to the semifinals where she was beaten by Maria Sharapova. No wonder therefore that she has a quite special relationship with Wimbledon.

World no.4 and local favorite Andy Murray navigated his way past the unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to book a spot in the last 16 at Wimbledon. The unseeded Cypriot, who has been ranked as high as no.8 in the world, played in a manner that belied his current ranking of 42, staying neck-to-neck with Murray for the majority of the match. However, the Briton just had that extra gear, which he called upon in the critical moments of the match, which saw him through his determined opponent in tight four sets. Murray won the battle against time as well finishing the match merely seconds before the obligatory 11 pm halt to prevent the match from being carried forward to the next day. The final score was 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Meanwhile, on No. 2 court, the 16th seeded Croatian, Marin Cilic battled the unseeded American, Sam Querrey in another marathon Wimbledon thriller with the Croatian prevailing 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-7(3), 17-15 in five hours and 31 minutes in what turned out to be the second longest match in the Championship, losing only to the Isner-Mahut 11 hour epic in 2010.

Day 6 of Wimbledon witnessed some adrenaline-filled, action-packed third round action as players battled for a spot in the last 16. There were routine wins for 2011 semifinalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro, while Spanish no.2 David Ferrer got the better of three time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick in four sets. Also advancing to the last 16 were Americans Mardy Fish and Brian Baker, and Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who ended Lukas Rosol's giant killing run. The match of the day though saw an incredible 325 minute contest between Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey, with the young Croatian winning 17-15 in the fifth set.

The first gentlemen's singles match of the day took place on Court No. 1 in which the ninth seeded Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro cruised past his 19th seeded Japanese opponent Kei Nishikori in a relatively straight-forward straight set affair, 6-3, 7-6(3) 6-1.