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Until Gasquet dropped to his back at the baseline when French Open champion Wawrinkas last backhand sailed long, it appeared this might be the first Wimbledon semifinals in 20 years involving men seeded 1-4.

French giantkiller Richard Gasquet has spoiled the big four’s scheduled semi-final party to join grand slam heavyweights Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray in the last four at Wimbledon.

But with rackets in their hands, this has been a one-way street: Williams has won 17 of their 19 career meetings, including the past 16 in a row.

Her strength was, as usual, the moment she picked to hit winners.

Gasquet began brightly but from the moment he double-faulted to lose the second set it seemed unlikely he would make it through.

“Obviously when you do take a break, it does stiffen up”. The speeds of my serve increased. “He’s like a 90-kilo guy kind of lying right on top of you – it’s not that pleasant but it helps”, Murray said.

Andy Murray reached the last 16 at Wimbledon today with a win over Andreas Seppi, the final score reading 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-1 in the Brit’s favour.

Vasek Pospisil of Canada celebrates defeating James Ward of Britain during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday July 4, 2015.

Djokovic channelled his inner Nick Kyrgios against Kevin Anderson.

Giant Croatian Karlovic stands between 2013 Wimbledon champion Murray and an eighth consecutive SW19 quarter-final appearance. While it did cost him the set, it also enabled him to storm back strongly in the fourth set.

His code violations include “audible obscenities” and bouncing his racket violently into the crowd, according to the Guardian. “Violation of this section shall subject a player to a fine up to $20,000 (£12,860) for each violation”. Can you understand...

“My racket went like this, and then it hit like here, and then boom, boom”, Karlovic said at his post-match news conference, holding out his right arm to demonstrate.

Number two seed Roger Federer suggests that Spanish opponent Roberto Bautista Agut may not have been on his best game during their fourth-round clash at Wimbledon.

This was more like a gentle workout than a Grand Slam match for Andy Murray. “It can pay off towards the end of the tournament“.

“It was like a 10-15 minute break. I only really feel it when I’m serving but it’s not something that’s of major concern to me”, said the Scot. “And my serve was pretty bad after that happened”.