Wimbledon - Men:Andy Murray moved into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a dramatic five-set win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka on Centre Court this evening. Murray prevailed 2-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3 under the new roof in what was the latest ever finish at the Championships and will face former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero in the next round.
The 22-year-old Scot's progress into the last eight for the second year in a row is bound to send fevered predictions of a first British winner for over 70 years into overdrive.
The match began under a closed roof due to fears of thunderstorm interruptions and it was Wawrinka who showed the early flashes of brilliance when he surged into 4-0 lead before sealing the opener in 34 minutes.
Third seed Murray levelled the match before a key break in game seven helped him to the third set and appeared to hand him the momentum before Wawrinka again refused to lie down and took it to a decider.
Murray broke in game eight of the fifth set and then held serve in front of an ecstatic crowd.
"That was pretty special," Murray told the BBC in a courtside interview. "I thought Stan played a great match, the standard he set at the start of the match was hard to keep up with.
"I was getting tired at the end, I'm pretty sure this is the latest finish at Wimbledon. Always when you play indoors it's great, but when you have 15,000 supporting you it makes it extra special so thanks a lot."
Wild card Ferreroearlier continued his impressive run by taking out the seeded Gilles Simon.
The Spaniard, best known for his claycourt exploits, ended the hopes of eighth seed with a 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 6-2 win.
Roger Federerrepeated his French Open final victory over Robin Soderlingto book his place in the last eight.
Just as at Roland Garros, where Federer recently claimed the first French Open title of his illustrious carrer, the Swiss won in straight sets and never looked in any danger as he played the big points the better.
Soderling crumbled at the key moments, in particular in both tie-breaks, as he went down 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5) on Centre Court at the All England Club.
Asked aftewards what he has been pleased with about his game so far, Federer said: "Just being relaxed out on court, no signs of panic that I maybe had six months ago when I played.
"I would just feel uneasy. I wouldn't be exactly sure what the right plays were. Now I feel perfect. I think I'm moving well, serving well. My rhythm from the baseline is good so I'm just really, really pleased from this aspect."
Federer took the first set courtesy of a break of serve in the ninth game.
The second went with serve and in the resultant tie-break Soderling managed to get to 5-5 before producing two errors to hand Federer a two-set lead.
Federer fended off break point for the first time at 4-4 in the third and another tie-break resulted.
Again Soderling got into a good position - he led 5-4 at which stage he needed two service holds to force a fourth set.
Instead he lost both - a superb winner from the top seed being followed a double fault.
Federer duly finished things off, winning in a miniute short of two hours, and now faces a quarter-final meeting with ace king Ivo Karlovic.
The 6ft 10in Croat served down 35 aces - taking his tournament tally to 137 from four matches - and did not have to face a break point as he knocked out seventh seed Fernando Verdascowith a 7-6 (7/5) 6-7 (4/7) 6-3 7-6 (11/9) win.
Serving like this, Karlovic may fancy his chances of toppling even Federer - a shock which would eclipse even his victory over the defending champion Lleyton Hewitt back in 2003.
However, Federer holds a 8-1 career record against Karlovic - one which includes a straight-sets win in SW19 back in 2004.
Lleyton Hewittproduced another of his trademark comebacks to keep his hopes of a second Wimbledon title alive.
The Australian, winner in SW19 in 2002, showed all his renowned fighting spirit to beat Radek Stepanek4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-2.
It was the sixth time in Hewitt's career that he had come from two sets down but on this occasion it was almost a case of last man standing.
Both men needed treatment during the see-saw contest on Court Two.
Having dropped the opening set - the first he had lost at this year's tournament - and fallen a double break down in the second, Hewitt needed the trainer to treat what appeared to be a thigh strain.
The massaging of his leg muscles appeared to do the trick as although Stepanek took the second set, Hewitt made a storming start to the third.
He led it 4-0 when rain forced the players from the court, but when they returned the former world number one dominated.
Stepanek had struggled with a leg injury during his third-round win on Satuday and the problem returned to haunt him as the match wore on.
Despite treatment, he was powerless to stop the Hewitt bandwagon rolling on and the Aussie raced through the final two sets for the loss of just four games - much to the delight of his yellow-shirted 'Fanatics' in the crowd.
Hewitt now meets Andy Roddickfor a place in the semi-finals.
Sixth seed Roddick blasted his way to a straight-sets win over Tomas Berdych.
The American star, twice a runner-up at the All England Club, slammed down 24 aces during his impressive 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 6-3 victory.
Novak Djokovicavoided the curse of the Champions' Graveyard as he eased his way into the last eight.
Playing on Court Three, an arena famous for the shocks which have occurred on it over the years, the 2008 Australian Open champion never looked in any danger as he crushed Dudi Sela6-2 6-4 6-1.
Next up for him will be the in-form Tommy Haas, who continued his superb grasscourt run with a straight-sets victory over Igor Andreev.
The 31-year-old, who won the recent warm-up tournament in Halle, produced a dominant serving display as he saw off Igor Andreev 7-6 (10/8) 6-4 6-4.
The German did not face a single break point on his own delivery and won a majestic 95 per cent of points when his first serve found the mark.
Haas beat Djokovic in the final in Halle, so the Serb will get his chance for revenge on Wednesday.