Wimbledon: Andy Murray Sails Through to Quarter-Finals

Few things in this great, wide world are as easy as criticizing Nick Kyrgios.

Murray will now face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after No 7 seed Richard Gasquet was the first to wave the white flag in their French derby because of a back injury after only six games.

“The second set was obviously more comfortable”.

Kyrgios is broken for 3-1 and becomes further frustrated, shouting “wow” three times as he stands at the back of the court waiting to hit a return.

They are very different characters, the shy, humble Scot and the brash Australian, but Murray knows what it is like to feel misunderstood. “The rest of the match was pretty pathetic”, a visibly despondent Kyrgios said in his postmatch news conference.

Murray has won all four of his meetings with Kyrgios, his most recent being a four-setter at last year’s US Open.

“Nick has had one of the toughest draws of anybody”, Cahill said after Kyrgios beat Radek Stepanek, Dustin Brown and Lopez. He mixed up the pace, using a lot of slice then amping up his groundstrokes.

Murray, for one, indicated on Sunday he has found a way to deal with the increasingly intense spotlight on him.

Kyrgios occasionally played maddeningly casual shots but was largely focused and, until 5-5, there was nothing between them.

Kyrgios does not have a coach and addressing that could perhaps help give him direction, but there is no indication an appointment is on the cards.

His mood was best summed up when, cutting a forlorn figure midway through the third set, Kyrgios said: “Absolutely, so suck”. When he met Kyrgios at the net the Scot nearly looked embarrassed.

It’s just good to have one of the best players in the world, to have a good friend like that obviously.

“Finally won a set against him in a grand slam”.

If that was the case, though, it appeared to have imbued him with even more confidence rather than added pressure.

Del Potro showed form of old to knock out fourth seed Stan Wawrinka in the second round but was beaten 6-7 (4/7) 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 6-1 by fast-rising Frenchman Pouille.

“I rarely walk into a tournament and don’t think I can win it”.

“It was a good first set”. And a win by the 2013 champ would seal his ninth straight trip to the quarter-finals at the All-England club.

Although there was only one break of serve in the final set, a fightback from the underdog never looked likely and Murray’s eighth ace brought proceedings to an end. “I’m really looking forward to getting out there”, he said.

“You know, your job is to go out there and try to win the matches that are there in front of you”. I believed that I could win the match. “This is not doing our sport any good”. “Last time I played him was at the US Open and I thought I made some inroads there”.

“To be honest, I woke up this morning [Monday] and played computer games”.