Wimbledon men’s last 16: Cilic, Djokovic, Wawrinka odds-on to advance

We’re still on course to see a French Open men’s singles final rematch in the semis of Wimbledon 2015, with grass Grand Slam holder, ATP world number one and Coral’s 6/5 tournament favourite Novak Djokovic and 9/1 chance Stan Wawrinka first readying themselves for respective last 16 encounters.

These are two of the top four seeds at the All-England Club, and they have been eventually joined by ATP world number nine Marin Cilic in the second week of Wimbledon. Each of these three Grand Slam winners are odds-on to reach the quarter-finals.

Completing the top half of the draw is 2007 semi-finalist Richard Gasquet and Nick Kyrgios, who made the last eight in 2014. These two routed higher ranked seeds en route to reaching this stage.

Novak Djokovic v Kevin Anderson
South Africa’s Anderson (11/1 match outsider) has defeated Djokovic before, but it was way back in 2008. Punters can thus discount that in their thinking on this fixture.

Djokovic has dominated 14th seed Anderson on every Grand Slam surface with the head-to-head record reading 4-1 in his favour, including a straight sets Wimbledon win from 2011. A repeat of that at 3/10 is much better than the Serb’s overwhelming odds-on 1/33 outright match win.

Marin Cilic v Denis Kudla
Having come through a final set epic 12-10 against John Isner, reigning US Open champ Cilic must now face another American representative in wildcard Denis Kudla.

It’s a first-ever meeting between the Croatian and Ukrainian-born player, but the latter was also extended in round three, eventually triumphing in five sets over Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo, who profited from fifth seed Kei Nishikori pulling out.