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Amélie Mauresmo prefers not to talk about Andy Murray’s sore right shoulder but, on the eve of his eighth-straight Wimbledon quarter-final, she is happy to confirm he is in far better shape than when he lost so abjectly to Grigor Dimitrov at the same stage a year ago.
Pospisil became only the third Canadian man to make the last eight at Wimbledon with a 4-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Serbia s Viktor Troicki.
Murray, 28, fully intends to take advantage of any signs of tiredness.
Pospisil, the world No. 56, had never previously been past the second round in singles play at the All England Club.
There was also the shocking doubles win with partner Jack Sock to topple the legendary Bryan Brothers in the Wimbledon final previous year.
“I think he understands global cricket a little bit better than when he first started”.
“It’s just reminders and pointers, things I should be looking at during the match, so that will change a little bit match to match”.
In the video (here) Murray is shown playing with the puppies on the famous hill within Wimbledon’s grounds while they run around him and chew on his shoelaces and fingers.
“Sorry, my brother just won”, he said apologetically with a smile, his eyes fixed on the plasma screen displaying the results from around the grounds as Monday evening stretched into night. Typically modest, Federer joked his opponents until now have been “returning terrible”.
Vasek Pospisil has been the marathon man of this tournament, with a heady mix of five-set thrillers and draining doubles encounters taking their toll, surely he won’t have enough energy to take down our man?
Stan Wawrinka is the last male singles player yet to drop a set here and the French Open champion’s reward is a tie with Richard Gasquet.
Troicki’s experience will see him progress to the quarter finals.
Pospisil, 25, has packed an extraordinary amount of drama, good and bad, into his young career, and also suffered through a series of untimely injuries that have held him back from climbing into the top 20 in the world.
“Novak Djokovic’s head-to-head record with Marin Cilic is 12-0, which speaks volumes”.
“I like playing in front of big crowds, in general – it doesn’t matter if they are against me or cheering for me”.
The British number one plays Canadian Vasek Pospisil in the first game on Centre Court.
“He’s got a lot of game he can hurt Andy with [but] over five sets it going to be hard for him, especially with the amount of tennis he’s played in the last few days”. Murray has combined for 18 aces and 94 winners in his last two matches.
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However, no rain is forecast so play is unlikely to be affected.
