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4.25pm BST
Here’s Kevin Mitchell’s quarter-final preview:
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3.28pm BST
Day nine dawns, a day in which Roger Federer faces Grigor Dimitrov for the eighth time (he has lost two sets and no matches) and Stan Wawrinka faces Daniil Medvedev for the second time (having lost the first at Wimbledon a couple of years back). In the women’s quarter-finals, Serena Williams attempts to avenge her Miami Masters defeat to Qiang Wang. Meanwhile on the outer courts Britain’s Arthur Fery plays in the junior singles on Court 10 and the junior doubles on Court 7. Interesting fact: Fery’s dad, Loïc Fery, is chairman of French Ligue 2 football club Lorient.
Before all that, though, comes the latest chapter in the Jo Konta story, as the Briton seeks her first win against Elina Svitolina, at the fifth attempt, and it is here that my focus will initially fall. If Konta plays as well as she can and often does, it should be an absolute cracker. Welcome! Continue reading...