British tennis player Andy Murray advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon by defeating his French opponent Benoit Paire 7 - 6 (1), 6 - 4, 6 - 4.
The defending champion on Monday needed two hours and 21 minutes to secure a spot in the quarterfinals for the tenth time in a row at Wimbledon, and the 30th time in a Grand Slam, Efe news reported.
Murray, two - time Wimbledon champion, saw his serve broken twice in the first set, but he managed to win the first set through a tiebreak, to sail easily through the match to the next round.
The 30 - year - old Briton, seeded and world no.
1, is now set to play against American Sam Querrey, seeded no 24, who beat South African Kevin Anderson 5 - 7, 7 - 6 (5), 6 - 3, 6 - 7 (11), 6 - 3.
Croatian Marin Cilic, seeded number 7, saw off Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut seeded no.
18, 6 - 2, 6 - 2, 6 - 2.
Cilic is now set to play the winner between Spanish Rafael Nadal and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.
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