Dan Evans joined Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open on Friday with a brilliant performance.
It gave Britain two men in the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2002.
Top seed Murray had made short work of American Sam Querrey, winning 6-4 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 59 minutes.
Evans, the world number 51, then upset Australian 27th seed Bernard Tomic with a 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) victory.
Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski reached round four at Wimbledon 15 years ago.
It is the first time Evans has made it so far at a Grand Slam, and he next faces French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Murray, meanwhile, plays Germany’s Mischa Zverev, the world number 50.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Murray beat Querrey for the seventh time in eight meetings.
Querrey was the man who upset then world number one Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last summer.
However Murray made sure he did not fall victim to another shock after the Serb’s surprise defeat by Denis Istomin on Thursday.
With six-time champion Djokovic out, Murray is a clear favourite among many observers to finally land the third leg of the career Grand Slam.
Murray, who has lost four Melbourne finals to Djokovic, said: “I don’t worry about that, really. Obviously, if you’re to get to the final, then it has an effect. A lot of the times when I’ve been in the final here.
“I’ve played against him. Had some tough ones.”
Querrey gave the Scot plenty to think about in the early stages of their third-round match, attacking the net and hurrying the top seed.
However a first-serve percentage of just 57 per cent was not enough to keep Murray at bay.
“Sam, especially in the first set, was hitting a huge ball,” said Murray, who had no problem with the ankle he turned during his previous match.
Murray said: “There was a key moment at 3-4 when I saved a break point and then managed to break the next game and had the momentum after that.”
Also, former winner Stan Wawrinka, the US Open champion, is through to the last 16 after a 3-6 6-2 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.
The Swiss, a potential semi-final opponent for Murray, will play Andreas Seppi next after the Italian beat Belgian Steve Darcis 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-2).
Should Murray get past Zverev on Saturday he could face a daunting quarter-final against four-time champion Federer, seventh seed Berdych or fifth seed Kei Nishikori.
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