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
Murray* 7-6 6-4 1-2 Paire (*denotes next server)
A bizarre moment as Murray attempts to challenge a Paire serve in the opening point of the game but the umpire doesn't let him. Murray approaches the umpire's chair to protest but to no avail and Paire goes on to hold comfortably.
Murray* 7-6 6-4 2-3 Paire (*denotes next server)
Murray sees three break points come and go as Paire recovers from 0-40 down to hold.
Nadal drops opening set against Muller
Rafael Nadal is a set down to Gilles Muller on Court One (6-3). The second set is currently going with serve at two games all.
Meanwhile, Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson are into a fifth set on Court 18, and Tomas Berdych leads Dominic Thiem by a set to love.
Murray 7-6 6-4 3-3 Paire* (*denotes next server)
A routine hold to love for Murray.
Murray* 7-6 6-4 3-4 Paire (*denotes next server)
No breaks of serve in this third set as of yet as Paire follows Murray's lead by holding to love.
Murray* 7-6 6-4 4-4 Paire (*denotes next server)
Murray nets back-to-back backhands to give Paire a break point... but the Briton saves it with a big serve-forehand combo before holding courtesy of a couple of unforced errors by his opponent.
Nadal 3-6 4-6 2-1 Muller* (*denotes next server)
Did anybody think Nadal would check out after going two sets down? Me neither. His body language is superb. A fist pump and a huge "vamos!" follow a routine service game for Rafa as he holds for a 2-1 lead in this third set.
Federer* 0-1 Dimitrov (*denotes next server)
Grigor Dimitrov defends a break point in his opening service game against Roger Federer before going on to hold.
Nadal* 3-6 4-6 4-2 Muller (*denotes next server)
Muller comes from 30-40 down to hold serve and deny Nadal the double break.
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