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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Halep* 7-6 6-7 Konta (*denotes next server)
The first three points of the tie-break all go with serve before Halep gets the first mini break to go 3-1 up courtesy of a shanked Konta forehand.
Halep misses a routine forehand to lose the next point before Konta claws the mini break back with a short forehand winner down the line.
A successful Halep challenge gives her the next point as she moves into a 4-3 lead but Konta dictates the next point to level the breaker at 4-4.
Halep wins the following point against serve to go 5-4 ahead but fails to win either of the next two points on her own serve as Konta brings up a set point, which she takes with a cross-court backhand that her opponent can barely get a racket to.
No further play outside Centre Court today
Magdalena Rybarikova vs Coco Vandeweghe will be completed on Centre Court after the conclusion of Konta vs Halep.
Halep 7-6 6-7 2-2 Konta* (*denotes next server)
Halep sends three groundstrokes long as Konta holds to 15.
Halep 7-6 6-7 2-3 Konta* (*denotes next server)
Konta misses the mark with a forehand before Halep follows suit to lose the next point. At 15-15 aggressive hitting from the Briton forces an error from Halep and the Romanian dumps a forehand into the net to lose the following point and go 15-40 down. Konta takes advantage as she seals the first break of this deciding set courtesy of another Halep error.
Game, set, match! Konta beats Halep in Centre Court epic (6-7 7-6 6-4)
Konta balloons a forehand long to lose the opening point as she attempts to serve this match out. Halep then repays the favour with a similar shot to lose the next point. The Briton moves to within two points of the semi-finals with a cross-court backhand winner before a forehand passing shot brings up two match points... and she needs just one as Halep puts a forehand into the net after seemingly being distracted by a shrieking member of the crowd. A rather odd end to an enthralling match.
Konta reacts
Here's what Jo had to say immediately after her incredible win:
Rybarikova vs Vandeweghe resumes
Venus Williams, Garbine Muguruza and Jo Konta are already into the last four. Who will join them there?
Vandeweghe* 3-6 2-3 Rybarikova (*denotes next server)
Rybarikova is taken to deuce but holds to keep her nose ahead in this second set.
Vandeweghe 3-6 3-5 Rybarikova* (*denotes next server)
Vandeweghe goes 0-30 down at the start of the game as she follows up a double point with a missed lob. Rybarikova misses with a couple of forehands to lose the next two points but a wild overhead by Vandeweghe brings up match point for the Slovakian. The 28-year-old squanders it though as she shanks a forehand passing shot. Two more match points come and go before Vandeweghe eventually holds.
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