Sam Querrey downs Kevin Anderson for Wimbledon quarters spot

After a semi-final exit at the French Open and a loss in his only grass court game before Wimbledon to Jordan Thompson at Eastbourne, there was an air of uncertainty over the world No.1.

The men’s No1 was also victorious and booked his place in the last eight for the 10th year in succession with a 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Benoit Paire and will face Sam Querrey tomorrow.

There was a big scare though on Friday in the third-round against Fabio Fognini. The American will face the unseeded Magdelena Rybarikova.

“But, again, I see no reason why he can’t play good grass court tennis”.

‘I’ve played him before where it feels like he makes every return in play, ‘ he said after his win against Anderson.

But those were the only women’s fourth-round matches played on the biggest two courts on “Magic Monday”, and All England Club chief executive Richard Lewis said that was down to demand.

The Scot has won his last 25 meetings against French players, with his last defeat in February 2015 against Gilles Simon.

Despite progressing in straight sets, Murray’s victory was far from straightforward, with Paire’s tendency to attempt the ambitious occasionally bearing fruit and testing the world number one. ‘He’s not an easy guy to play’. He has very good hands, moves well, takes a lot of chances, goes for his shots.

Triumph for Andy Murray and Jo Konta means Britain have quarter-finalists in both the men’s and women’s singles at Wimbledon for the first time since 1973. However, he has made light work of all his opponents so far and is yet to drop a set.

Five-time Wimbledon victor Williams was handed a Centre Court slot for her tussle with Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh and British home favourite Johanna Konta played France’s Caroline Garcia on Court One.

“I don’t anticipate anything different, other than a really, really tough battle for me”.

If Halep, who is still seeking her first Grand Slam title, loses to Konta, Karolina Pliskova, who is already out of the tournament, becomes No. 1.

I’d suggested there would be no breaks early on but the Swiss star looked like he was going to steam through the first set as he went 4-1* up. They had come into this match with two wins apiece, but this was their first contest on grass.

He said: It was a bit softer, especially around the baseline area. “You do not know where to play the ball”.

“I was really surprised that I was playing on No 2 Court”, said two-time Grand Slam champion Kerber, who reached the Wimbledon final previous year. If his serve fires, he will challenge Murray – he won’t win though. We still have the number one player in the world (Angelique Kerber).

Andy Murray insists he’s getting better and better as he swaggered into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

It was Murray’s second straight match against a unsafe shot-maker capable of dazzling strikes and debilitating self-sabotage. I came up with some good shots on the run and made it hard for him to hit loads of winners past me.

“It’s going to be interesting to see what they’re going to do with the courts”. Within that same time period, he also has two titles at the major tournament. Paire, who once said that he hated Wimbledon says he’s changed his mind after reaching Second Week for the first time in his career.