Djokovic tops Sweet 16 Power Rankings
— -- LONDON -- Kei Nishikori (calf injury) and David Ferrer (elbow) never made it to the starting line. In a manner of speaking, Rafael Nadal (crisis of confidence) didn't, either.
Milos Raonic was sent to the sideline in the third round by 20-year-old Aussie Nick Kyrgios, the guy Raonic beat a year earlier here in the quarterfinals.
On Monday, the best day in professional tennis, none of them will be on the Wimbledon courts when the round of 16 matches unfold. Here, as a special treat, is a Cliff Notes version of the men's draw, the Sweet 16 power rankings:
1. No. 1 Novac Djokovic: A nice, clean run for the defending champion. A perfect nine-for-nine in sets, with no more than four games allowed. He's serving particularly well and bucking up after a horrific French Open final.
2. No. 5 Stan Wawrinka: Speaking of which, there has been no hangover for the French Open champion. He's won all nine of his sets and has been pushed to seven games only once.
3. No. 26 Nick Kyrgios: In a rematch from last year's quarterfinals, the 20-year-old Aussie upset No. 7 seed Milos Raonic in four sets for the best win in Round 3. And accrued zero fines from the International Tennis Federation for swearing.
4. No. 2 Roger Federer: Clearly, he's losing it. Federer couldn't return Sam Groth's 147 mph serve, and the Swiss actually dropped his first set of the fortnight. Next up: Roberto Bautista Agut before the heavy artillery comes in.
5. No. 22 Victor Troicki The Serb has compiled a terrific 10-3 record on grass this season, reaching the final in Stuttgart and the semifinal at Queen's. This is his second fourth round here in two years.
6. No. 16 David Goffin: The 24-year-old from Belgium (who looks like he's 12) took out crowd favorite Marcos Baghdatis in the third round. He has yet to drop a set and is among the leaders in first serve receiving points won.
7. No. 21 Richard Gasquet: A super-sweet stroll through the first three rounds for the 29-year-old Frenchman. Gasquet is also nine-for-nine in sets and coming off a convincing victory over No. 11 seed Grigor Dimitrov.
8. No. 3 Andy Murray: After two straight-sets victories and eight consecutive set wins, Murray got tagged 6-1 in the third set by Andreas Seppi on Saturday in their third round match. Happily for the Centre Court crowd, Murray rallied and is still in position to win his second title here in three years.
9. No. 14 Kevin Anderson: The 29-year-old from South Africa played two sets over the minimum, but his serve makes him a threat. Now he's up against No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic.
10. No. 9 Marin Cilic: He needed only two games (and 15 minutes) to dispatch John Isner Saturday in 4 hours, 31 minutes -- well short of the all-time record Isner and Nicolas Mahut set here five years ago. Cilic has 78 aces so far, something that makes his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion, smile.
11. No. 23 Ivo Karlovic: Dr. Ivo had 41 more aces in his exciting four-set match victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (three tiebreakers) and amassed 136 in three first-week matches. Karlovic, at 36, is the oldest player left on either side.
12. No. 6 Tomas Berdych: He was a four-set winner against Pablo Andujar in the third round, but the Czech star has been a little skittish here after being taken to four in the opening round by Jeremy Chardy.
13. No. 20 Roberto Bautista Agut: He's advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time. He hasn't faced stiff competition yet, though that will change when his next opponent, seven-time winner Federer, is standing on the opposite side of the court.
14. No. 12 Gilles Simon: He erased Nicolas Almagro in the first round in straight sets, then handled Blaz Kavcic in four sets (winning three sets by a 6-1 score). After beating Gael Monfils in the third under the roof on Centre Court, Simon made the fourth round for only the second time in a decade.
15. Denis Kudla: Some crazy statistics from the unseeded 22-year-old from Arlington, Virginia, via the Ukraine: receiving points won (72 percent), second serve return points won (92 percent) and break points won (18). All of those are at the top of the tournament or near it. Although, Kudla has needed five sets in two of his three wins.
16. Vasek Pospisil:
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