July 2 (Reuters) - Highlights of the fourth day at Wimbledon on Thursday (times GMT):
1007 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under clear skies at the All England Club, with temperatures around 22 degrees Celsius (72 Fahrenheit).
Defending women's champion Iga Swiatek will take on former world number one Karolina Pliskova on Centre Court later in the day, while French Open champion Alexander Zverev faces France's Valentin Royer on Court One.
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WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON THURSDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v 3-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Matteo Berrettini (Italy) v 20-Arthur Fils (France)
Caty McNally (U.S.) v 2-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
Katie Swan (Britain) v 26-Madison Keys (U.S.)
Valentin Royer (France) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
15-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
6-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v Patrick Kypson (U.S.)
6-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
17-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Jan Choinski (Britain)
13-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)
(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
