Murray through to Wimbledon quarterfinals

LONDON: Defending champion Andy Murray was made to work for his place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals despite a straight sets win over Kevin Anderson on Monday.

The British third seed, was tested by the big-serving South African, on a career-high ranking of 18, but ultimately triumphed 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in a match on Centre Court completed under the roof.

Murray mastered what 20th seed Anderson threw his way and in his four matches at the All England Club has yet to concede a set and has dropped only 32 games.

He next faces Bulgarian 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday for a place in the semi-finals. "I knew I was going to get tested at some stage," Murray said. "I was pushed, especially in the middle part of that second set, then obviously later on in the third there were some tight moments. But I handled them fairly well. It was a good match. When it was outdoors, I played very well and was in a good position. When we came back indoors, he started to strike the ball a bit better, he started serving better. It´s good to get through in straight sets." (AFP)