Andy Murray vs Benoit Paire, Wimbledon fourth round live: Follow updates from the World No 1's match on Centre Court
Follow live updates from Murray's fourth round match
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Your support makes all the difference.Wimbledon returns with a bang after its day of rest as Andy Murray and Johanna Konta carry British hopes on Manic Monday.
It is only the third time in 38 years that Britain has had fourth-round representation in both the men's and women's singles.
You have to go back 44 years to the last time the home nation had a man and woman in the quarter-finals, with Roger Taylor and Virginia Wade both making the last eight.
Expectations are high that Murray and Konta can match that, with both going into their matches as favourite.
Defending champion Murray takes on unpredictable Frenchman Benoit Paire, who has never made a grand slam quarter-final.
Murray is bidding to become only the third man to record 10 straight quarter-final appearances at a grand slam after Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors.
Follow live updates from Murray's match:
What time is it?
Murray is second up on Centre Court, after Venus Williams takes on Ana Konjuh.
It’s hard to give an exact time, but expect Murray out on court at around 2.30pm.
Where can I watch it?
As ever, you will able to watch the match on BBC One.
And you can follow our live blog for game by game coverage and analysis.
What is the head to head record like?
The pair have played each other on the ATP Tour once before, at last year’s Monte Carlo Masters.
Murray won despite losing the first set: 2-6 7-6 7-5.
What are their career Wimbledon records like?
Andy Murray: 53-9
Benoit Paire: 6-6
What have they been saying?
After his victories over Alexander Bublik, Dustin Brown and Fabio Fognini, Murray again finds himself up against an unorthodox opponent.
He said of Paire: “He again has a different game to a lot of the guys now. He has very good hands, moves well, takes a lot of chances, goes for his shots.
“He can be quite up and down. But he seems to have played pretty well so far at this event. I expect it to be tricky.”
What are the odds?
Andy Murray to win: 1/10
Benoit Paire to win: 6/1
Game, set, match! Konta wins another epic (7-6 4-6 6-4)
Garcia nets a backhand at 30-30 to give Konta match point... and the sixth seed takes it as her French opponent nets the easiest of forehands! She'll play either Simona Halep or Viktoria Azarenka in the last eight tomorrow.
Murray* 6-6 Paire (*denotes first server in tie-break)
Paire starts the game with a double fault before Murray passes him at the net. Paire wins the next point but another Murray pass brings up two set points for the world No 1. Paire saves the first one with a backhand winner before a supreme drop shot which Murray reaches but can't find the court with. The Frenchman wins the next two points to hold and force a tie-break.
Murray* 7-6 1-0 Paire (*denotes next server)
A superb start to this second set by Murray as he breaks Paire to love.
Konta: I used to dream about matches like today's
Here's what Jo Konta had to say after her three-set win over Caroline Garcia:
"It was such a tough match to play, she is in impressive form, it's hard to get any rhythm when she's serving so well and gets her first strike in.
"I was happy that I was able to get enough returns in that final game, I was trying to stay light on my feet and strong in my body.
"There was very little between us today, I was happy to be able to compete and not pay too much attention to the good things she was doing but pay attention to the good things I was doing.
"When I was a little girl, and even now, I dreamt of being in these battles and on the big stages."
Quotes from BBC
Murray* 7-6 3-4 Paire (*denotes next server)
Murray manufactures two break points but can't take either of them as Paire hauls the game to deuce before eventually holding.
Murray 7-6 4-4 Paire* (*denotes next server)
A hold to 15 for Murray as the top seed levels this second set up at 4-4.
Murray 7-6 6-4 Paire* (*denotes next server)
Murray goes 15-40 down while trying to serve for the set but wins the next two points courtesy of a missed Paire forehand and an easy overhead to haul the game to deuce. A backhand winner up the line by Paire brings up a third break point but Murray fends that off too. Another break point goes begging for the Frenchman before the top seed holds to take a two-set lead.
Sore head, Rafa?
This happened shortly before the Spaniard entered Court One for his match against Gilles Muller. Nadal currently trails 5-2 in the first set.
Halep completes women's quarter-final line-up
Simona Halep was the last woman to seal her place in the women's quarter-finals, beating Viktoria Azarenka in straight sets (7-6 6-2). This is how the draw looks for tomorrow:
- Garbine Muguruza [14] vs Svetlana Kuznetsova [7]
- Magdalena Rybarikova vs Coco Vandeweghe [24]
- Venus Williams [10] vs Jelena Ostapenko [13]
- Jo Konta [6] vs Simona Halep [2]
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