The seventh seed fell behind to the conqueror of Andy Murray, but he appeared to benefit from having considerably less time on court at SW19 to run out a 7-6 4-6 7-6 7-5 winner
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Murray’s hopes of becoming the first Briton to retain a grand slam title since Fred Perry in 1936 were therefore shredded as he hobbled helplessly to a quarter-final defeat.
The big-serving American came through 3-6 6-4 [4]6-7 6-1 6-1 to pick up the biggest victory of his career, sealing his place in the semi-finals at SW19 in the process.
It gave Britain two men in the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2002