Wimbledon 2017, day eight live: Johanna Konta in action after Venus Williams wins on women's quarter-finals day
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Your support makes all the difference.The women's quarter-finals are the main course at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but former men's champion Novak Djokovic is serving up a juicy appetiser on Centre Court, where fans were short-changed by player withdrawals a week ago.
Second seed Djokovic's fourth-round match against France's Adrian Mannarino was pushed back from Monday due to the epic five-setter that saw Gilles Muller defeat Rafa Nadal, in one of the biggest shocks of the championships.
The Serb will be first up on Centre Court, at midday, in a bonus event before the women's quarters. It comes exactly a week after ticketholders saw two successive matches on the same court finish in the second set as players retired hurt.
After the Djokovic battle, it will be all about the women's last eight on a day that is forecast to be cloudy with some showers, with the temperature hovering round 17 Celsius.
In a clash of tennis generations, five-times Wimbledon winner Venus Williams - at 37, the oldest player in more than two decades to reach the last eight - will go toe-to-toe with 20-year-old French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
Next up on Centre Court is second seed Simona Halep, who will become the first Romanian woman to reach world number one if she beats sixth seed Johanna Konta, the first British woman in the quarter-finals for 33 years.
On Court One, Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova goes up against Spain's Garbine Muguruza, who turfed out world number one Angelique Kerber on Monday. Wrapping up the women's quarter-finals, big-hitting American Coco Vandeweghe faces Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova.
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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of day eight of Wimbledon 2017.
It's women's quarter-final day at SW19 with Jo Konta, Venus Williams and Simona Halep all in action on what promises to be a dramatic day at the All England Club.
Stick with us here for all the latest as it happens. Without further ado, off we go.
We are well and truly into the business end at Wimbledon with the world's most famous tournament already serving up some crackers.
Andy Murray, Jo Konta and Roger Federer are all already safely through but Rafael Nadal is out after an absolute classic on No.1 on Monday evening with Gilles Muller triumphing in a five-set thriller.
The women's quarter-finals take centre stage on Tuesday with Brit Konta hoping to continue her march through the field.
Here's everything to look out for on day eight:
Djokovic first up
It may be women's quarter-final day at the All England Club but it is Novak Djokovic who will kick today's Centre Court action off.
The No 2 seed was due on Court One after Gilles Muller's win over Rafa Nadal yesterday but that epic match finished so late that the Serb didn't make it out onto court.
Djokovic's fourth-round match against Adrian Mannarino is scheduled to begin at 12pm.
What's the weather forecast like for today?
The covers have come off on the outside courts after a brief shower but the rain is unlikely to stay away for long.
Djokovic* 3-1 Mannarino (*denotes next server)
An unforced forehand error from Mannarino brings up two more break points for Djokovic. The Frenchman saves the first with an unreturnable serve before a stunning backhand up the line takes the game to deuce. After two deuces Mannarino holds to get off the mark in this opening set.
Djokovic 4-1 Mannarino* (*denotes next server)
Djokovic produces a sublime drop shot on the run which Mannarino somehow reaches... but the Frenchman can't put the ball back into court as Djokovic holds to love for a second game in a row.
Djokovic* 4-2 Mannarino (*denotes next server)
Mannarino sends down a couple of unreturnable serves to wrap up his first love service hold.
Djokovic 6-2 1-0 Mannarino* (*denotes next server)
Djokovic produces his first ace of the match to bring up a couple of game points at 40-15. He squanders the first one with a poor backhand but makes no mistake with the second as he puts away an easy overhead.
Djokovic 6-2 3-0 Mannarino* (*denotes next server)
Djokovic holds to 30 but he's not happy at all. The Serb sits down at the change of ends and shakes his head in disbelief at the state of the Centre Court surface.
You can see where he's coming from too as the TV cameras zoom in on a rather torn-up baseline.
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