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Murray and Baghdatis warming-up now.

 

Baghdatis to serve first.

 

Scores:- Murray-Baghdatis

 

Baghdatis holds to 30 0-1

Murray holds to 15 1-1

Baghdatis holds to 15 1-2

Murray holds after 1 deuce 2-2

Baghdatis hols to 15 2-3

Murray holds to 30 3-3

Baghdatis holds to 30 3-4

Murray holds after 2 deuces and saving 2 break points 4-4

Baghdatis holds after 2 deuces 4-5

Murray holds to 15 5-5

Murray breaks after 3 deuces and on his 2nd break point 6-5

Murray holds to 15 7-5

 

GAME and 1stSET TO MURRAY!

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Baghdatis serving first again.

 

Baghdatis holds 0-1

Murray holds 1-1

Murray breaks on his 2nd break point 2-1

Baghdatis breaks right back on HIS 2nd break point 2-2

 

Murray's had a break point, but Baghdatis saved it and now has Advantage.

But it's gone back to deuce for the 3rd time. Now it's Advantage Murray....and Baghdatis has saved again....but has just put it in the net to hand Advantage to Murray again....and after ANOTHER phenominal rally he gets it back to deuce....then Advantage....and now game!

 

Baghdatis holds 2-3

Baghdatis breaks 2-4

 

Murray has a break point....Baghdatis saves it....then gets Advantage....then game.

 

Baghdatis holds 2-5

Murray holds to 30 3-5

Baghdatis holds to 40 (he had set point 3 times) 3-6

 

Game and 2nd set to Baghdatis

 

1 SET ALL

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9:40 match is resuming.

 

Rules say that they can't play beyond 11pm, but a clause will allow it to go beyond 11 if they are close to a conclusion. We might still have a long way to go.

 

Murray to serve first in the 3rd set.

 

Murray holds 1-0

Baghdatis holds to 30 1-1

Murray holds to 15 2-1

Baghdatis holds after saving 2 break points 2-2

Baghdatis breaks 2-3

Baghdatis holds after facing being broken 2-4

Murray holds to 15 3-4

Murray breaks 4-4

Murray holds to Love 5-4

Baghdatis holds after 1 deuce 5-5

Murray holds after facing a break point 6-5

 

Baghdatis serving to stay in the 3rd set.

Not a good start - he's just lost the first point. Wins the next two, but loses the fourth....and 5th. Murray has set point....and wins it!

 

Murray breaks to 30 7-5

 

GAME and THIRD SET to Murray.

 

Murray leads by 2 sets to Love

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4th set - Murray to serve first again.

 

Murray to 15 1-0

Murray breaks after 4 deuces and having break point four times 2-0

Murray holds to Love 3-0

Baghdatis holds 3-1

Murray holds to 30 4-1

Murray breaks to 15 5-1

 

Murray to serve for the match

 

15-0

30-0

ACE 40-0

Non-returnable serve!

 

Murray holds to Love 6-1

 

GAME,SET and MATCH Murray 3 sets to 1.

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Top seed Maria Sharapova has been knocked out of Wimbledon in straight sets by Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

The Russian world number one had been bidding to become the first player since Serena Williams in 2002 to win the French Open-Wimbledon double in the same year.

Lisicki, the 15th seed, secured victory with her third match point, an ace on her second serve, to win 6-4 6-3 on a chilly Court One.

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Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova were both made to work hard in their fourth-round matches on Monday before booking a Wimbledon quarter-final showdown.

Four-time champion Williams edged a 54-minute third set to win 6-1 2-6 7-5 against world number 65 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.

Defending champion Petra Kvitova came from a set down to beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone 4-6 7-5 6-1.

 

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Roger Federer had to overcome a back injury and the rain to beat Xavier Malisse in the Wimbledon fourth round.

The six-time champion had eight minutes of treatment during the first set, which he won on a tie-break, before racing through the rain-delayed second.

Malisse hit back in the third, but Federer recovered to seal a 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 4-6 6-3 win.

"My back is OK, it started to feel better as the match went on," Federer told BBC Sport.

 

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Andy Murray eventually booked his place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals with victory over Marin Cilic in a match heavily disrupted by rain on Court One.

The match began at 15:45 BST on Monday but was suspended at 16:52 with Murray leading 7-5 3-1 and 40-0 .

Play resumed at 12:10 on Tuesday only to be stopped five minutes later with only two games being completed.

They re-started at 13:10 and Murray won 7-5 6-2 6-3 at 14:10. He next plays David Ferrer or Juan Martin del Potro.

 

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David Ferrer set up a quarter-final clash with British number one Andy Murray with a convincing straight sets win over Juan Martin del Potro.

Ferrer completed the 6-3 6-2 6-3 victory over an out-of-sorts Del Potro in one hour and 58 minutes to reach the last eight for the first time.

The Spaniard will be joined by Germany's Florian Mayer, who beat Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2.

Mayer, the 31st seed, will play defending champion Novak Djokovic.

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Serena Williams beat defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals.

While rain fell at SW19, the American sixth seed defeated the Czech 6-3 7-5 under the Centre Court roof.

Williams, a four-time Wimbledon champion, will play either Victoria Azarenka or Tamira Paszek for a place in the final.

 

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Got home today to find the Murray/Ferrer math at 1 set all and 2 games all in the 3rd set.

 

It got to 4-4 in the 3rd set then Murray broke Ferrer to lead 5-4 in the 3rd set, So now he's serving for the 3rd set.

 

Volley winner 15-0

Ferrrer nets 30-0

Unreturnable shot from Murray 40-0

ACE!

 

Game and 3rd set Murray!

 

Murray leads by 2 sets to 1

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4th set goes with serve smoothly to 4-3 Ferrer,

Murray takes the first point of game 8, then Ferrer takes the next 3.

Two break points to Ferrer!

Murray then steps up a gear and spectacularly wins the next four, to hold his serve. 4-4

Next game goes much the same way (but with the roles reversed) except that we have a few more Deuces, before Ferrer finally wins. 5-4 Ferrer.

 

Murray holds an uneventful game. 5-5

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Ferrer serving in the resumed game - he holds to 15 6-5 Ferrer 4th set.

 

Murray makes short work of the next game - he holds to love 6-6 4th set.

 

Ferrer serves first in the tie-break. Murray wins it! 1-0 Murray

Ferrer breaks back though 1-1

Murray holds 2-1 Murray

Ferrer holds 2-2

Ferrer holds 3-2 Ferrer

Murray holds 3-3

Murray holds 4-3 Murray

Ferrer holds 4-4

Murray breaks 5-4 Murray

Murray holds 6-4 Murray

ACE! 7-4 Murray

 

4th set and match to Murray!

 

Next opponent - Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga (5th seed), who has just beaten Kohlschreiber - who beat Rosol - who beat Nadal.

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Serena Williams moved closer to winning a fifth Wimbledon singles title with a formidable straight sets victory over Victoria Azarenka on Centre Court.

The American produced a record 24 aces to overpower Azarenka 6-3 7-6 (8-6) in one hour and 36 minutes minutes to set up a meeting with Agnieszka Radwanska.

Third seed Radwanska convincingly beat Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam final.

Radwanska said: "There is one match to go. I'm really going to try my best."

Radwanska only needed one hour and nine minutes to complete a 6-3 6-4 win on Centre Court.

 

Heather Watson may take some comfort from having lost to Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round with her opponent progressing through to the final.

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