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Little Sabine Lisicki had the whole tennis world eating out the palm of her hands © AP

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Robson steals the show despite bowing out

We waited nigh-on 15 years to see a British woman reach the last-16 of The Championships - so excuse us if our reaction was a little mad when Laura Robson made the fourth round.

However, the dream was ended on Monday as the 19-year-old fell to the challenge of Estonian Kaia Kanepi - despite a spirited effort on a packed-to-the-rafters Court One.

Despite suffering a tight 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat, Robson will take plenty of riches from the experience for when she returns in 2014. The British No. 1 put in a promising performance which, on another day, could well have gone in her favour.

Robson was close to tears at the end but left the court with her head held high - they may have been tears of sadness this time around, but continue at this rate and they will soon be tears of joy.

But Murray has Britain smiling again

It was not vintage Murray by any stretch of the imagination. The British No. 1 started sluggishly and was then made to toil in the second set by Mikhail Youzhny.

The Russian was up a break and had his opponent slamming his racket into the sole of his shoe, but the Scot rallied and the celebration when he came back to win the second set was akin to if he had just won the final.

Andy Murray had British fans smiling © PA Photos

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Say that you lob me...

Murray has really perfected the lob shot into one of his most feared weapons. Twice in his second set comeback he left Youzhny stranded at the net as the Scot deliciously floated the ball over his opponent's head to send the Centre Court crowd wild.

Tears and tantrums

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams. It has been, quite frankly, a ridiculous Wimbledon for upsets. But let's not take anything away from Williams' conqueror Sabine Labinski - the tiny German plotted her way to victory exquisitely and is thoroughly deserving of her quarter-final spot.

And she had the whole nation pouting out their bottom lips and letting out an audible "Awww" when she burst into tears of sheer joy as she struggled to answer questions in her post-match interview.

Man... or Machine?

If Murray does get to the final, it looks nailed on that he will meet Novak Djokovic. The world No. 1 has looked simply irresistible so far this year and cruised past Tommy Haas, including a 6-1 first set which felt like it only lasted 30 seconds.

Murray beat Djokovic in last season's US Open. If the pair are to meet again, the Serbian will be gunning for revenge.

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